Description
| Product ID: | 9781496225108 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century |
| Authors: | Author: Bedross Der Matossian |
| Page Count: | 416 |
| Subjects: | General and world history, General & world history, History, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Media studies, War crimes, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Media studies, War crimes, 21st century |
| Description: | This volume brings together leading scholars from across disciplines to discuss genocide denial in the twenty-first century, concentrating on communication, social networks, and public spheres of daily life. Throughout the twenty-first century, genocide denial has evolved and adapted with new strategies to augment and complement established modes of denial. In addition to outright negation, denial of genocide encompasses a range of techniques, including disputes over numbers, contestation of legal definitions, blaming the victim, and various modes of intimidation, such as threats of legal action. Arguably the most effective strategy has been denial through the purposeful creation of misinformation. Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century brings together leading scholars from across disciplines to add to the body of genocide scholarship that is challenged by denialist literature. By concentrating on factors such as the role of communications and news media, global and national social networks, the weaponization of information by authoritarian regimes and political parties, court cases in the United States and Europe, freedom of speech, and postmodernist thought, this volume discusses how genocide denial is becoming a fact of daily life in the twenty-first century. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Nebraska Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Nebraska Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-05-01 |
