TY  - GEN
T1  - The origins of violence : religion, history and genocide
A1  - Docker, John
LA  - English
PP  - London
PB  - Pluto Press
YR  - 2008
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn298460816
AB  - Genocide is commonly understood to be a terrible aberration in human behavior, performed by evil, murderous regimes such as the Nazis and dictators like Suharto and Pinochet. John Docker argues that the roots of genocide go far deeper into human nature than most people realize. Genocide features widely in the Bible, the literature of ancient Greece and Rome, and debates about the Enlightenment. These texts are studied in depth to trace the origins of violence through time and across civilizations. Developing the groundbreaking work of Raphael Lemkin, who invented the term 'genocide', Docker guides us from the dawn of agricultural society, through classical civilization to the present, showing that violence between groups has been integral to all periods of history. This revealing book will be of great interest to those wishing to understand the roots of genocide and why it persists in the modern age.
OP  - 256
CN  - HV6322.7 .D63 2008eb
SN  - 9781849643221
SN  - 1849643229
SN  - 0745325440
SN  - 9780745325446
SN  - 9786611878726
SN  - 6611878726
SN  - 1435690729
SN  - 9781435690721
SN  - 0745325432
SN  - 9780745325439
SN  - 1281878723
SN  - 9781281878724
SN  - 9780868409740
SN  - 086840974X
KW  - Genocide : History.
KW  - Genocide : Religious aspects : History.
KW  - Génocide : Aspect religieux : Histoire.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Demography.
KW  - HISTORY : World.
KW  - Genocide
KW  - Genocide : Religious aspects
KW  - Völkermord
KW  - Geschichte.
KW  - History
ER  -