A Cultural History of Genocide in the Ancient World

Professor Elisa von Joeden-Forgey (Stockton University, USA)

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
29 June 2023

History; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history; Genocide & ethnic cleansing

Series: The Cultural Histories Series

The preamble to the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide recognizes “that at all periods of history genocide has inflicted great losses on humanity”. Studies of the phenomenon of genocide have, however, tended to concentrate on the modern world. The original contributions in this volume turn the focus to the question of genocide and mass violence in the ancient world, with a particular emphasis on the worlds of Greece, Rome and the Near East.

This volume presents a range of views on the challenges of applying the modern concept of “genocide” to an ancient context. It also considers the causes, motivations, and justifications of ancient mass violence, as well as contemporary responses to, and critiques of, such violence, along with how mass violence was represented and remembered in ancient literature and iconography. In addition, chapters analyse what drove the perpetrators of mass violence, and the processes of victimization, as well as the consequences of mass violence and ravaging warfare, including in particular mass enslavement and sexual violence.

Edited by: Professor Elisa von Joeden-Forgey (Stockton University USA)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 169mm,
Weight: 1.000kg
ISBN: 9781350034679
ISBN 10: 1350034673
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 29 June 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tristan S. Taylor is Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of New England, Australia, and a University Associate of the University of Tasmania, Australia. He was Visiting Fellow at the Yale University Genocide Studies Program (2013-14) and Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas, Austin (2015), USA.