Marx, Lemkin and the genocide – ecocide nexus

Martin Crook; Damien Short

Marx, Lemkin and the genocide – ecocide nexus

Martin Crook, Damien Short

Centre for Equality, Justice and Social Change

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Abstract

Climate change caused by human activity is the most fundamental challenge facing mankind in the 21st century, since it will drastically alter the living conditions of millions of people, mainly in the Global South. Environmental violence, including resource crises such as peak fossil fuel, will lie at the heart of future conflicts. However, Genocide Studies have so far neglected this subject, due to the emphasis that traditional genocide scholarship places on ideology and legal prosecution, leading to a narrow understanding of the driving forces of genocide.

This books aims at changing this, initiating a dialogue between scholars working in the areas of climate change and genocide. Research into genocide as well as climate change is a highly interdisciplinary endeavour, transcending the boundaries of established disciplines. Contributions to this book address this by approaching the subject from a wide array of methodological, theoretical, disciplinary and regional perspectives. As all the contributions show, climate change is a major threat multiplier for violence or non-violent destruction and any understanding of prevention needs to take this into account. They offer a basis for much needed Critical Prevention Studies, which aims at sustainable prevention.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Climate Change and Genocide
Subtitle of host publication	Environmental Violence in the 21st Century
Editors	Jurgen Zimmerer
Publisher	Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group
Chapter	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315714875
ISBN (Print)	9781138058897
Publication status	Published - 31 May 2017

Keywords

Genocide
Climate change
ecocide

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