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Genocide studies is an
It is a complex field which has a lack of consensus on definition principles[4] and has had a complex relationship with mainstream political science;[clarification needed] it has enjoyed renewed research and interest in the last decades of the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st century. It remains a relevant yet minority school of thought that has not yet achieved mainstream status within political science.[5]
History
Background
The beginning of genocide research arose around the 1940s when Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-Jewish lawyer, began studying genocide.[1] Known as the "father of the genocide convention", Lemkin invented the term genocide and studied it during World War II.[6] In 1944, Lemkin's book Axis Rule introduced his idea of genocide, which he defined as "the destruction of a nation or ethnic group"; after his book was published, controversy broke out concerning the specific definition. Many scholars believed that genocide is naturally associated with mass murder, the Holocaust being the first case; there were also several other scholars who believed that genocide has a much broader definition and is not strictly tied to the Holocaust.[7] In his book, Lemkin wrote that "physical and biological genocide are always preceded by cultural genocide or by an attack on the symbols of the group or violent interference of cultural activities."[8] For Lemkin, genocide is the annihilation of a group's culture even if the group themselves are not completely destroyed.[9]
1990s
Starting off as a side field to
2000s
In the 2000s, the field of comparative genocide studies lacked consensus on the
2010s
In the 2010s, genocide scholarship rarely appeared in mainstream disciplinary journals, despite growth in the amount of research.[5]
Gender field
In 2010, the study of genocide connected to gender was a new field of study and was considered as a specialty topic within the broader field of genocide research. The field attracted research attention after the genocides of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Rwanda, in which war crimes tribunals acknowledged that several women were raped and men were sexually abused.
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References
Footnotes
- ^ a b Bloxham & Moses 2010, p. 2; Moses 2010, p. 22.
- ^ a b Bloxham & Moses 2010, p. 2.
- ^ a b Von Joeden-Forgey 2010, p. 61.
- ^ a b c Weiss-Wendt 2008, p. 42.
- ^ a b c d e Verdeja 2012, p. 307.
- ^ Bloxham & Moses 2010, p. 2; Moses 2010, pp. 19, 21.
- ^ Moses 2010, p. 32.
- ^ Moses 2010, p. 34.
- ^ Moses 2010, p. 35.
- ^ Von Joeden-Forgey 2010, p. 63.
- ^ Chabot et al. 2016, p. needed.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-0-19-923211-6.
- Chabot, Joceline; Godin, Richard; Kappler, Stefanie; Kasparian, Sylvia (2016). Mass Media and the Genocide of the Armenians: One Hundred Years of Uncertain Representation. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-34-956606-8.
- ISBN 978-0-19-923211-6.
- Von Joeden-Forgey, Elisa (2010). "Gender and Genocide". In ISBN 978-0-19-923211-6.
- Verdeja, Ernesto (June 2012). "The Political Science of Genocide: Outlines of an Emerging Research Agenda". Perspectives on Politics. 10 (2). Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association: 307–321. S2CID 145170749.
- ISBN 978-0-230-29778-4.