Who Must Die in Rwanda''s Genocide? - The State of Exception Realized

This book analyzes the hundred-year development of the "state of exception" in Rwanda, a political theory developed and expanded by Foucault, Agamben, and others. It analyzes Hutu regime propaganda utilized to dehumanize the Tutsi population and how state action created a setting for genocide to become an appropriate reaction to political threats.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Prelude to Genocide
Chapter 2: Rwandan Government and Propaganda
Chapter 3: Pre-Colonial Rwanda Meets Belgian Rule
Chapter 4: From Kayibanda To Habyiramana
Chapter 5: Genocide
Chapter 6: Conclusion

About the author

By Kyrsten Sinema

Summary

This book analyzes the hundred-year development of the "state of exception" in Rwanda, a political theory developed and expanded by Foucault, Agamben, and others. It analyzes Hutu regime propaganda utilized to dehumanize the Tutsi population and how state action created a setting for genocide to become an appropriate reaction to political threats.

Product details

• Authors: Sinema Kyrsten Sinema, Kyrsten Sinema, Sinema Kyrsten
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781498518666
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1866-6
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Rwanda, Revolutionary groups & movements, War Crimes, African History, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Revolutionary groups and movements