Summary
Anne and Bernard Spitzer Professor of International Relations at CCNY, editor of the Journal of Genocide Research, and author of The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression and of More than Genocide (Boston Review, November 14, 2023) (More than Genocide, line 187).
Details
- In More than Genocide he argues the legal genocide frame is fundamentally limited by the concept’s legal parameters, because states wrote the 1948 Convention so as not to inhibit their pursuit of Permanent security (lines 129, 167-169).
- His closing claim: “Unless the conditions of permanent insecurity are confronted, permanent security aspirations and practices will haunt Palestinians and Israelis.” (line 185)
Related pages
More than Genocide, Permanent security, Genocide, Genocide Convention