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The Victims of Slavery, Colonization and the Holocaust: A Comparative History of Persecution

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Full Title:

The Victims of Slavery, Colonization and the Holocaust: A Comparative History of Persecution

Contributors:
ISBN:

9781472509970

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Bloomsbury Academic

Publication Date:

20th September 2018

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

The Holocaust
Second World War
Political science and theory
Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict
Political oppression and persecution

Dewey:

362.8809

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

280

Weight:

390g

Description

This book provides a sophisticated investigation into the experience of being exterminated, as felt by victims of the Holocaust, and compares and contrasts this analysis with the experiences of people who have been colonized or enslaved. Using numerous victim accounts and a wide range of primary sources, the book moves away from the 'continuity thesis', with its insistence on colonial intent as the reason for victimization in relation to other historical examples of mass political violence, to look at the victim experience on its own terms. By affording each constituent case study its own distinctive aspects, The Victims of Slavery, Colonization and the Holocaust allows for a more enriching comparison of victim experience to be made that respects each group of victims in their uniqueness. It is an important, innovative volume for all students of the Holocaust, genocide and the history of mass political violence.

Reviews

[An] ambitious and complex book Significant for graduate collections. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students, faculty. * CHOICE *
Kitty Millets study sounds the subjectivity of persecution by looking at victims lived experiences of colonial occupation, physical confinement, and large-scale violence. I was moved as much as informed by her evocation of what was lost: the sense of absence, the being with death, a feeling outside the world, a people without the memory of autonomy. A thorough and creative inquiry into the shared sense of experience. * Dennis B. Klein, Professor of History and Director of Jewish Studies Program, Kean University, USA *
With The Victims of Slavery, Colonialism, and the Holocaust, Kitty Millet has delivered an extraordinarily compelling interpretation of three historical spheres that are rarely examined comparatively. Drawing primarily on victim and perpetrator narratives, Millets brilliant analysis focuses on the victims self-imagination, including their minds and physical bodies, toward the goal of surviving persecution. * Michael Berkowitz, Professor of Modern Jewish History, University College London, UK *
Kitty Millet's comparative study offers a thought-provoking exploration of the imagined communities of victims and perpetrators of mass atrocities. In lucid prose, she draws from individual narratives to consider the subjectivity of victimization. A valuable addition to Genocide Studies. * Kjell Anderson, Lecturer/Researcher and Coordinator of Master in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (NIOD), The Netherlands *

Author Bio

Kitty Millet is Professor of Holocaust Studies and Comparative Jewish Literatures at San Francisco State University, USA.

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