The state and exterminating violence. In search of a formulation of the elemental structure of genocide

• Autores: Joan Frigolé Reixac
• Localización: Revista d'etnologia de Catalunya, ISSN 1132-6581, Nº. 40, 2015, págs. 61-68
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This article discusses different aspects of genocide. Firstly, examination of minor and more infrequent cases in the literature is used to show the general or unvarying characteristics of genocide and massacre. Next, we examine the transformation of the state apparatus that plans and carries out genocide through the secrecy, dissimulation and exceptional nature that characterise its operations. Finally, the article focuses on genocide denial through recourse to the ethnic factor.