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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover ; Contents; Preface; Foreword; 1 Introduction: Narrating the Precariousness of Human Decency; 2 Killer Narratives: Collective Nightmares and the Construction of Narrative Communities of Insecurity; 3 Imagining Nationhood, Framing Postcoloniality: Narrativizing Nigeria through the Kinesis of (Hi)Story; 4 Sudanese Stories: Narratives of Grievance, Distrust and Fatalism in Recurrent Violence; 5 General Elections and Narratives of Violent Conflict: The Land Question and Civic Competence in Kenya; 6 The Violence of Security, Lethal Representations and Hindu Nationalism in India |
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7 Memories of Victimhood in Serbia and Croatia from the 1980s to the Disintegration of Yugoslavia8 Insecurity, Victimhood, Self and Other: The Case of Israel and Palestine; 9 Resistance Narratives: Palestinian Women, Islam and Insecurity; 10 The State and Intergroup Violence: The Case of Modern Iraq; 11 Islamophobia as a Securitization Narrative: The Exclusionary Logic of Imperial Geopolitics; 12 Killer Narratives in Western Popular Culture: Telling it as it is Not; Concluding Remarks; Authors' Biographies; Index |
| Summary |
"This book offers a novel and productive explanation of why 'ordinary' people can be moved to engage in destructive mass violence (or terrorism and the abuse of rights), often in large numbers and in unexpected ways. Its argument is that narratives of insecurity (powerful horror stories people tell and believe about their world and others) can easily make extreme acts appear acceptable, even necessary and heroic. As in action or horror movies, the script dictates how the 'hero' acts. The book provides theoretical justifications for this analysis, building on earlier studies but going beyond them in what amount to a breakthrough in mapping the context of mass violence. It backs its argument with a large number of case studies covering four continents, written by prominent scholars from the relevant countries or with deep knowledge of them. A substantial introduction by the UN's Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide demonstrates the policy relevance of this path-breaking work"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
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Genocide -- Causes
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Atrocities -- Causes
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Violence -- Social aspects
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Genocide -- Causes -- Case studies
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Atrocities -- Causes -- Case studies
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Violence -- Social aspects -- Case studies
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Terrorism, armed struggle.
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Genocide & ethnic cleansing.
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International relations.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Peace.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security.
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HISTORY -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Violence -- Social aspects
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
El-Affendi, Abdelwahab, editor
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| ISBN |
9781628920758 |
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1628920750 |
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9781628920734 |
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1628920734 |
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