Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Moving the genocide debate beyond the history wars /, A. Dirk Moses

Label
Moving the genocide debate beyond the history wars /, A. Dirk Moses
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographic references
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Moving the genocide debate beyond the history wars /
Responsibility statement
A. Dirk Moses
Summary
Suggests that the "History Wars" have paralyzed the scholarly discussion on genocide in Australian history; explains the origin and meaning of the term in intellectual and legal history; suggests that thinking of genocide as a form of "extreme counter-insurgency" helps to comprehend how colonial violence unfolds; highlights some potential limitations of the concept in understanding the Indigenous experience of colonial genocide

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