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![Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide by Jacques Semelin](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBOFdLNlE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8d896d3a2b59911203724c0e8726007d642b5ffa/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Purify%20and%20Destroy-%20The%20Political%20Uses%20of%20Massacre%20and%20Genocide.jpg)
443 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780231142830
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 01 March 2009
Description
How can we comprehend the sociopolitical processes that give rise to extreme violence, ethnic cleansing, or genocide? A major breakthrough in comparative analysis, Purify and Destroy demonstrates that it is indeed possible to compare the Holocaust...
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![Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide by Jacques Semelin](https://558130.bdp32.group/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBOFdLNlE9PSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--8d896d3a2b59911203724c0e8726007d642b5ffa/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/Purify%20and%20Destroy-%20The%20Political%20Uses%20of%20Massacre%20and%20Genocide.jpg)
443 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780231142830
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 01 March 2009
Description
How can we comprehend the sociopolitical processes that give rise to extreme violence, ethnic cleansing, or genocide? A major breakthrough in comparative analysis, Purify and Destroy demonstrates that it is indeed possible to compare the Holocaust...