Origins of Genocide - Raphael Lemkin As a Historian of Mass Violence

Informationen zum Autor Dominik J. Schaller is Editor of the Journal of Genocide Research andAssistant Professor at theUniversity of Heidelberg! Germany.Jurgen Zimmerer is Editor of the Journal of Genocide Research. he is also Reader in International Historyand Director of the Centre for the Study of Genocide and Mass Violence at theUniversity of Sheffield. Zusammenfassung This year the United Nations celebrate the 60th anniversary of the "Genocide Convention". This volume for the first time analyses the historical scholarship of the founding figure of the convention, Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959). Inhaltsverzeichnis From the Editor: Lemkin Redux: in quest of a word From the Guest Editors: Raphael Lemkin: the "founder of the United Nation's Genocide Convention" as a historian of mass violence Raphael Lemkin and the international debate on the punishment of war crimes (1919-1948) Daniel Marc Segesser and Myriam Gessler What you see before your eyes: documenting Raphael Lemkin's life by exploring his archival Papers, 1900-1959 Tanya Elder Raphael Lemkin as historian of genocide in the Americas Michael A. Mcdonnell and A. Dirk Moses Raphael Lemkin's view of European colonial rule in Africa: between condemnation and admiration Dominik J. Schaller Raphael Lemkin on the Holocaust Dan Stone Hostage of politics: Raphael Lemkin on "Soviet genocide" Anton Weiss-wendt

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• Authors: Dominik J. Zimmerer Schaller
• Assisted by: Dominik J. Schaller (Editor), Schaller Dominik J. (Editor), Jürgen Zimmerer (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.2009
• EAN: 9780415480260
• ISBN: 978-0-415-48026-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing