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Najnowsze studia na ludobójstwem. Wybrane zagadnienia
Most Recent Studies on Genocide. Selected Issues

Author(s): Sławomir Buryła
Subject(s): Jewish studies
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Centrum Badań nad Zagładą Żydów & IFiS PAN
Keywords: genocide; colonialism; 20th century history; modernism

Summary/Abstract: The article talks about the most important historical, sociological, and political science publications of the last couple of years on the subject matter of genocide in the 20th century. Buryła discusses the complex issues connected with a definition of genocide, the existing theories of the genesis of genocide, and the factors conducive to mass extermination or nations or social groups. These issues are presented against the background of the history of European colonialism and imperialism as well as the processes that gave rise to Western modernism.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 954-984
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Polish
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