Salzburg Global Seminar

Event and Presentation
Gregory H. Stanton
Salzburg Global Seminar
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June 12, 2009

Past Event
Event Type: Event

Once Raphael Lemkin had coined the term 'genocide' in 1944 the paradigmatic case rapidly became the Holocaust, and it remains the first point of reference, with, if anything, growing academic and public interest around it in recent decades. How far does, or should, this paradigm influence the way policy-makers and electorates react to the signs of genocide as one begins, or support a particular course of action once it is over?

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