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Book SynopsisTrade Review“This work provides a provocative analysis of the relationship between modernity and state policy through the mechanism of genocidal social practice. A seminal contribution from a major scholar in the field.” -- Ernesto Verdeja * University of Notre Dame *
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Genocide as Social Practice makes its English language debut after successful publication in its original Spanish. Feierstein provides a critical analysis of the genocidal policies of Nazi Germany and the Argentine junta. Feierstein shows that the terror brought forth by the junta, often referred to as the 'dirty war,' shared many goals with the terror of perpetrators of the Holocaust. Feierstein has established himself as a go-to voice on the Argentine genocide, which is solidified here. Recommended." * Choice *
Table of Contents Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Bridging the Gap between Two Genocides
Part One: Some Theoretical Questions
1. Defining the Concept of Genocide
2. Toward a Typology of Genocidal Practices
3. Reconciling the Contradictions of Modernity: Equality, Sovereignty, Autonomy, and Genocidal Practices
Part Two: Historical Foundations: The Nazi Genocide
4. Discourse and Politics in Holocaust Studies: Uniqueness, Comparability, and Narration
5. The Problem of Explaining the Causes of the Nazi Genocides
6. Reshaping Social Relations through Genocide
Part Three: Toward a Historical Basis: Genocidal Social Practices in Argentina
7. Explaining Genocidal Social Practices in Argentina: The Problem of Causation
8. Toward a Periodization of Genocide in Argentina
9. Concentration Camp Logic
10. In Conclusion: The Uses of Memory
Notes
Index
