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Beyond the Banality of Evil - Criminology and Genocide (Hardcover)
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Beyond the Banality of Evil - Criminology and Genocide (Hardcover)
Series: Clarendon Studies in Criminology
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Positioning itself within significant developments in genocide
studies arising from misgivings about two noteworthy observers,
Arendt and Milgram, this book asks what lies 'beyond the banality
of evil'? And suggests the answer lies within criminology. Offering
the author's reflections about how to interpret genocide as a
crime, Beyond the Banality of Evil: Criminology and Genocide
endeavours to understand how the theories of criminal motivation
might shed light on these stunning events and make them
comprehensible. While a great deal has been written about the
shortcomings of the obedience paradigm and 'desk murderers' when
discussing the Holocaust, little has been said of what results when
investigations are taken beyond these limitations. Through
examination and analysis of the literature surrounding genocide
studies, Brannigan frames the events within a general theoretical
approach to crime before applying his own revised model,
specifically to Rwanda and drawn from field-work in 2004 and 2005.
This provides a new and compelling account of the dynamics of the
1994 genocide and its distinctive attributes of speed, popularity,
totality and emotional indifference. With a focus on the
disarticulation of personal culpability among ordinary
perpetrators, Beyond the Banality of Evil questions the
effectiveness of individual-level guilt imputation in these
politically based, collectively orchestrated crimes, and raises
doubts about the utility of criminal indictments that have evolved
in the context of models of individual misconduct.
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