The geometry of genocide : a study in pure sociology /
Campbell, Bradley Keith.
The geometry of genocide : a study in pure sociology / Bradley Campbell. - Charlottesville; London : University of Virginia Press, [2015] - xiii, 254 pages ; 24 cm. - Studies in pure sociology .
Bradley Campbell is currently a Professor of Sociology at California State University, Los Angeles.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and index.
In The Geometry of Genocide, Bradley Campbell argues that genocide is best understood not as deviant behavior but as social control-a response to perceived deviant behavior on the part of victims. Using Donald Black's method of pure sociology, Campbell considers genocide in relation to three features of social life: diversity, inequality, and intimacy. According to this theory, genocidal conflicts begin with changes in diversity and inequality, such as when two previously separated ethnic groups come into contact, or when a subordinate ethnic group attempts to rise in status. Further, conflicts are more likely to result in genocide when they occur in a context of social distance and inequality and when aggressors and victims cannot be easily separated.
9780813937410 (cloth : alk. paper)
2015019372
Genocide.
Social control.
HV6322.7 / .C336 2015
304.6/63
The geometry of genocide : a study in pure sociology / Bradley Campbell. - Charlottesville; London : University of Virginia Press, [2015] - xiii, 254 pages ; 24 cm. - Studies in pure sociology .
Bradley Campbell is currently a Professor of Sociology at California State University, Los Angeles.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and index.
In The Geometry of Genocide, Bradley Campbell argues that genocide is best understood not as deviant behavior but as social control-a response to perceived deviant behavior on the part of victims. Using Donald Black's method of pure sociology, Campbell considers genocide in relation to three features of social life: diversity, inequality, and intimacy. According to this theory, genocidal conflicts begin with changes in diversity and inequality, such as when two previously separated ethnic groups come into contact, or when a subordinate ethnic group attempts to rise in status. Further, conflicts are more likely to result in genocide when they occur in a context of social distance and inequality and when aggressors and victims cannot be easily separated.
9780813937410 (cloth : alk. paper)
2015019372
Genocide.
Social control.
HV6322.7 / .C336 2015
304.6/63