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Genocidal Genealogy of Francoism - Violence, Memory and Impunity (Hardcover)
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Genocidal Genealogy of Francoism - Violence, Memory and Impunity (Hardcover)
Series: LSE Studies in Spanish History
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The Francoist command in the Spanish Civil War carried out a
programme of mass violence from the start of the conflict. Through
a combination of death squads and the use of military trials around
150,000 Spaniards met their deaths. Others perished in
concentration camps and prisons. The terror took other forms, such
as mass rape, extortion, "appropriation" of children and forced
exile. The planned nature of this violence meant that the
Francoists decided when the violence would begin, the way it would
be carried out and when it would come to an end. This is a primary
reason why the judicial concept of genocidal practice, alongside
the use of comparative history, can furnish insights. The July 1936
uprising was not only aimed at ending the Republican regime, but
had ideological goals: preventing the supposed Bolshevik
Revolution, defending the 'unity of Spain' and reversing
centre-left social and cultural reforms. An over-arching objective
was the elimination of a social group identified as 'an enemy of
Spain' -- a group defined as: not Catholic, not Spanish, not
traditional. The genocidal intent of the coup via access to state
resources, their monopoly of force in some territories and their
subsequent victory ensured that the practice of genocide could be
realised in the whole Spanish territory, permitting the hegemonic
nature of the denialist discourse surrounding these crimes. Public
debate over Francosim brings with it substantive disagreements. The
book engages with the root causes of these disagreements. Violence
and the memory of violence are viewed as part of a single
phenomenon that has continued to the present, a process that is
located within a comparative framework that analyses the Spanish
case beyond the debate between Francoism and anti-Francoism. The
author explains the political and judicial proceedings in recent
Spanish history with regard to its violent past and the
implications for international justice initiatives. Published in
association with the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish
Studies, LSE.
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