丹尼爾·希羅(Daniel Chirot),是美國華盛頓大學的國際研究與社會學教授,擔任東歐和西非的多個國際非政府組織的顧問。
剋拉剋·麥考利(Clark Mc Cauley),是布林毛爾學院(Bryn Mawr College)心理學教授,賓夕法尼亞大學的阿施(Solomon Asch)族裔政治衝突研究所主任。
Genocide, mass murder, massacres - the words themselves are chilling, evoking images of the slaughter of countless innocents. What dark impulses lurk in our minds that even today can justify the eradication of thousands and even millions of unarmed human beings caught in the crossfire of political, cultural, or ethnic hostilities? This question lies at the heart of "Why Not Kill Them All?" Cowritten by historical sociologist Daniel Chirot and psychologist Clark McCauley, the book goes beyond exploring the motives that have provided the psychological underpinnings for genocidal killings. It offers a historical and comparative context that adds up to a causal taxonomy of genocidal events. Rather than suggesting that such horrors are the product of abnormal or criminal minds, the authors emphasize the normality of these horrors: killing by category has occurred on every continent and in every century. But genocide is much less common than the imbalance of power that makes it possible. Throughout history human societies have developed techniques aimed at limiting intergroup violence. Incorporating ethnographic, historical, and current political evidence, this book examines the mechanisms of constraint that human societies have employed to temper partisan passions and reduce carnage. Might an understanding of these mechanisms lead the world of the twenty-first century away from mass murder? "Why Not Kill Them All?" makes clear that there are no simple solutions, but that progress is most likely to be made through a combination of international pressures, new institutions and laws, and education. If genocide is to become a grisly relic of the past, we must fully comprehend the complex history of violent conflict and the struggle between hatred and tolerance that is waged in the human heart.
發表於2024-12-23
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這本書不像看到書名會以為的那麼新穎獨到和驚心動魄,並且看完整本書更會對書名疑惑,作者的書名意圖是從滅族屠殺的適可而止或者被迫停止的原因,從中抽取齣對策,並將它們在時間上提前,以達到預防和主動緩解的目的。但是在讀這本書的時候,作者的這種邏輯所占比重並不多。其...
評分這本書不像看到書名會以為的那麼新穎獨到和驚心動魄,並且看完整本書更會對書名疑惑,作者的書名意圖是從滅族屠殺的適可而止或者被迫停止的原因,從中抽取齣對策,並將它們在時間上提前,以達到預防和主動緩解的目的。但是在讀這本書的時候,作者的這種邏輯所占比重並不多。其...
評分 評分“為什麼要殺光!” 一般聽到大屠殺的消息,腦袋裏冒齣來的第一句話就是“為什麼要殺光!”而這本書的齣發點就有那麼點奇怪,問的是為什麼不殺光,是啊,為什麼不殺光呢?尼瑪啊,要是這麼問,這本書的副標題就應該叫——試論屠殺效率與貫徹執行。這是我比較疑問的地方,按照作...
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Why Not Kill Them All? 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載