Genocide represents one of the deadliest scourges of the human experience. Communication practices provide the key missing ingredient toward preventing and ending this intensely symbolic activity. The Rhetoric of Genocide: Death as a Text reveals how strategic communication silences make this tragedy probable; and how a greater social ethic for communication openness repels and ends this great evil. Careful analysis of practical historical figures; such as the great debater James Farmer Jr.; along with empirical policy successes in places such as Liberia provide a communication-based template for ridding the world of genocide in the twenty-first century.
#1521284 in Books Lexington Books 2006-11-24Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.16 x .33 x 6.09l; .72 #File Name: 0739116479202 pages
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Beautiful storyBy EugeniaMy partner and I traveled to Myanmar last February. It was a fabulous adventure. We made a special trip to see the only synagogue in that country. Yangon is a big city with a tremendously powerful history. The synagogue is especially sweet. The gentle soul who tends to the prayers and the space is generous to give visitors a warm and welcoming tour. Eddie(my parter) wanted to get the book so I ordered it for him as soon as we got home and unpacked and slept for a week!The book is a history of the Jewish people who came to Myanmar how they made the adventure and what has become if their legacy.We both enjoyed the book.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Engaging look at unexpected communityBy Henry YuleJews in Burma are perhaps not the best known ethnic community in the world; but this short; engaging; and very well-researched book tells you all you might want to know about one of the world's least known but extremely interesting communities; that once numbered in the thousands. Good read for those already fascinated by Burma; and a good contribution to the study of the Jewish diaspora.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy YacovExelent
