Colonialism and Genocide
“Colonialism and Genocide” by A. Dirk Moses, published by Routledge in 2007, offers a systematic exploration of the connections between colonialism and genocide within the broader context of world history. This 200-page volume presents a critical examination of how genocide and the Holocaust are often perceived as solely twentieth-century events, addressing significant gaps in the current understanding of these topics.
Readers will find a detailed analysis that includes Lemkin’s account of the genocide of the Aboriginal Tasmanians, as well as discussions on the exterminatory rhetoric of racist discourses, Charles Darwin’s views on extinction in relation to European colonialism, and a reconstruction of lesser-known cases of genocide. The book provides a global perspective on the interplay between modernity and the Holocaust, making it relevant for those interested in history, political science, and the implications of colonialism and post-colonialism.
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Previously published as a special issue of Patterns of Prejudice, this is the first book to link colonialism and genocide in a systematic way in the context of world history. It fills a significant gap in the current understanding on genocide and the Holocaust, which sees them overwhelmingly as twentieth century phenomena.
This book publishes Lemkin’s account of the genocide of the Aboriginal Tasmanians for the first time and chapters cover:
- the exterminatory rhetoric of racist discourses before the ‘scientific racism’ of the mid-nineteenth century
- Charles Darwin’s preoccupation with the extinction of peoples in the face of European colonialism,
- a reconstruction of a virtually unknown case of ‘subaltern genocide’
- global perspective on the links between modernity and the Holocaust
Social theorists and historians alike will find this a must-read.
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