{"product_id":"genocide-the-act-as-idea-hardback-9780812248852","title":"Genocide; The Act As Idea (Hardback) 9780812248852","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGenocide\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Act As Idea\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBerel Lang (Author), George J. Andreopoulos (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812248852\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 December 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.478 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Even after all that has already been said, both by himself and others, Berel Lang offers an original analysis of the historical phenomenon (genocide) and of the concept ('genocide'). Lang disarms his opponents with an effortlessness that is at once engaging and endearing, the work of a philosopher, historian, and rhetorician very much in his prime. This is a work of conceptual history of the highest order.\" (\u003ci\u003eReviews in Religion and Theology\u003c\/i\u003e) \"What distinguishes Berel Lang's work is its rare combination of philosophical sophistication and nuance coupled with what can only be called moral sensitivity.\" (Michael L. Morgan, University of Toronto)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe term \"genocide\"-\"group killing\"-which first appeared in Raphael Lemkin's 1944 book, \u003ci\u003eAxis Rule in Occupied Europe\u003c\/i\u003e, had by 1948 established itself in international law through the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Since then the charge of genocide has been both widely applied but also contested. In \u003ci\u003eGenocide: The Act as Idea\u003c\/i\u003e, Berel Lang examines and illuminates the concept of genocide, at once articulating difficulties in its definition and proposing solutions to them. In his analysis, Lang explores the relation of genocide to group identity, individual and corporate moral responsibility, the concept of individual and group intentions, and the concept of evil more generally.\u003cbr\u003e The idea of genocide, Lang argues, represents a notable advance in the history of political and ethical thought which proposed alternatives to it, like \"crimes against humanity,\" fail to take into account.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e The United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide\u003cbr\u003e PART I: BETWEEN GENOCIDE AND \"GENOCIDE\"'\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Evil in Genocide\u003cbr\u003e 2. Genocide and Comparative Evil: Counting Victims, Numbers, Degrees\u003cbr\u003e 3. Disputing ''Genocide'': Issues of Uniqueness and Group-Identity\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Pushback and Its Search for a Replacement\u003cbr\u003e PART II: GENOCIDE AS PAST AND PRESENCE\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"Genocide'' and ''Holocaust'': Language as History\u003cbr\u003e 6. Raphael Lemkin, Unsung Hero: Reparation\u003cbr\u003e 7. From Genocide to Group-Rights\u003cbr\u003e 8. Arendt on the Evil in Genocide: Banality's Depths\u003cbr\u003e 9. Genocide-Denial\u003cbr\u003e AfterWords\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographical Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559189016856,"sku":"9780812248852","price":20.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/genocide-the-act-as-idea-hardback-9780812248852","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}