Genocide is a matter of law. It is also a matter of history. Engaging some of the most disturbing responses to the Armenian genocide, Marc Nichanian strikingly reveals the complex role played by law and history in making this and other genocides endure as contentious events.
Nichanian's book argues that both law and history fail to contend with the very nature of events for which there is no archive (no documents, no witnesses). Both history and law fail to address the modern reality that events can be--and are now being--perpetrated that "depend" upon the destruction of the archive, turning monstrous deeds into nonevents. Genocide, this book makes us see, is in one sense the "destruction" of the archive. It relies on the historiographic perversion.
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Genocide is a matter of law. It is also a matter of history. Engaging some of the most disturbing responses to the Armenian genocide, Marc Nichanian strikingly reveals the complex role played by law and history in making this and other genocides endure as contentious events.
Nichanian's book argues that both law and history fail to contend with the very nature of events for which there is no archive (no documents, no witnesses). Both history and law fail to address the modern reality that events can be--and are now being--perpetrated that "depend" upon the destruction of the archive, turning monstrous deeds into nonevents. Genocide, this book makes us see, is in one sense the "destruction" of the archive. It relies on the historiographic perversion.
Imprint | Columbia University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | September 2009 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | August 2009 |
Authors | Marc Nichanian |
Translators | Gil Anidjar |
Dimensions | 210 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Trade binding |
Pages | 216 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-231-14908-2 |
Barcode | 9780231149082 |
Languages | value |
Subtitles | value |
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LSN | 0-231-14908-5 |