Taking Lives is a pivotal effort to reconstruct the social and
political contexts of twentieth century, state-inspired mass
murder. Irving Louis Horowitz re-examines genocide from a new
perspective -- viewing this issue as the defining element in the
political sociology of our time. The fifth edition includes
approximately 30 percent new materials with five new chapters. The
work is divided into five parts: "Present as History Past as
Prologue, " "Future as Memory, " "Toward A General Theory of
State-Sponsored Crime, " "Studying Genocide." The new edition
concludes with chapters reviewing the natural history of genocide
studies from 1945 to the present, along with a candid
self-appraisal of the author's work in this field over four
decades.
Taking Lives asserts that genocide is not a sporadic or random
event, nor is it necessarily linked to economic development or
social progress. Genocide is a special sort of mass destruction
conducted with the approval of the state apparatus. Life and death
issues are uniquely fundamental, since they alone serve as a
precondition for the examination of all other issues. Such concerns
move us beyond abstract, formalist frameworks into new ways of
viewing the social study of the human condition. Nearly all
reviewers of earlier editions have recognized this. Taking Lives is
a fundamental work for political scientists, sociologists, and all
those concerned with the state's propensity toward evil.
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