With Intent to Destroy by Colin Martin Tatz
As heirs of the Enlightenment, we in the West tend to view ourselves as humane, rational and reasonable. Genocides are atrocities that 'others' commit, so revealing their backwardness and essential 'otherness'. Colin Tatz's study of genocide exposes this Enlightenment-based self-image as dangerous complacency...especially in its examination of colonial genocides (what 'we', in Australia for example, got up to not so long ago) and the Holocaust (what some of 'us' did within the lifetimes of many of us). A South African-Australian-Jew, Tatz provides a personal yet analytical and critical account of racism and anti-Semitism, and the termini to which such policies and practices have led in Germany, Turkey, South Africa and Australia. In so doing, he reveals how widespread is the (genocidal) propensity to resort to biological solutions to resolve social or political 'problems'. In addition, he raises general questions on the matter of denial...asking why, rather than what, denialists deny...and concludes with his reflections on many years of teaching about genocide.
This is an exciting and important book by Colin Tatz, a truth teller and bearer of much of the conscience of his adopted countryIn releasing the intellectual and moral logjam around the issue of genocide, he makes vital links that may be unpalatable to some but are accurate and typically honest. -- John Pilger
Colin Tatz is one of the world's foremost scholars of genocide. He applies the UN Convention without fear or favor, illuminating instances of mass murder and human destructiveness previously neglected by others. -- Professor Robert Melson
Colin Tatz is one of the world's foremost scholars of genocide. He applies the UN Convention without fear or favor, illuminating instances of mass murder and human destructiveness previously neglected by others. -- Professor Robert Melson
Born and educated in South Africa, Colin Tatz emigrated to Australia in 1961. The author of fifteen books and holder of several prestigious academic posts, he is currently Director of the Australian Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies based at the Shalom Institute, University of New South Wales.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781859845509 |
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| Title | With Intent to Destroy |
| Author | Colin Martin Tatz |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2003-08-14 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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