Cultural Genocide: Law, Politics, and Global Manifestations

Edited by Jeffrey S. Bachman.

This book explores concepts of Cultural genocide, its definitions, place in international law, the systems and methods that contribute to its manifestations, and its occurrences. Through a systematic approach and comprehensive analysis, international and interdisciplinary contributors from the fields of genocide studies, legal studies, criminology, sociology, archaeology, human rights, colonial studies, and anthropology examine the legal, structural, and political issues associated with cultural genocide. The volume raises questions about the perpetrators of cultural genocide and its manifestations. This includes a series of geographically representative case studies from the USA, Brazil, Australia, West Papua, Iraq, Palestine, Iran, and Canada.

Jeffrey Bachman is Professorial Lecturer in Human Rights and Director of the Ethics, Peace, and Human Rights MA Program at the American University School of International Service. He is the author of The United States and Genocide: (Re)Defining the Relationship (2018) and is currently writing his second book, Genocide and the Politics of International Law.

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