276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book critiques the dominant physical and biological interpretation of the Genocide Convention and argues that the idea of "culture" is central to properly understanding the crime of genocide.
Using Raphael Lemkin’s personal papers, archival materials from the State Department and the UN, as well as the mid-century secondary literature, it situates the convention in the longstanding debate... Read more
- Introduction
- Outlines of a Humble Interpretation
- Lemkin in the Cultural Moment
- The Tedious Crucible
- The Trouble with Travaux
- A History of Exclusion
- Conclusion
Biography
Kurt Mundorff, JD, LLM, PhD, writes on issues of genocide, child welfare, and international legal history. An earlier work on article 2(e) of the Genocide Convention, which prohibits forcibly removing children from protected groups, was published by the Harvard International Law Journal as an article titled "Other Peoples’ Children" (2009). This research is informed by Kurt's experience investigating reports of child maltreatment as a Child Protective Specialist for the City of New York.
