Genocide Culture

Kaziwa Salih holds a Ph.D. from Queen’s University, Canada, where she specialized in the cultural sociology of genocide/violence and the way microaggressions foster macroaggression. She is the multiple award-winning author of over 10 non-fiction and fiction books and has written many articles and academic articles. She founded and served as the editor-in-chief of two Kurdish journals, Nvar and Newekar, and currently, she serves as the Collection Editor for Middle Eastern Studies at Lived Place Publishing. Her commitment to human rights is evident through her involvement with various organizations across Canada, Kurdistan, Egypt, and Syria, including notable contributions to the United Nations Association and Amnesty International.

‘Dr. Salih develops an original analysis of how group difference and eliminationist sentiment can be embedded in the cultural psychology of individuals and sociocultural institutions, facilitating the perpetration of genocide. Her book is one of the first to bring a sophisticated, theoretically informed genocide studies perspective to the study of Ba'athist genocides against Kurds.’Andrew Woolford, University of Manitoba, Canada‘Kaziwa Salih examines the cultural roots of Kurdish genocides. Salih shows that political divisions cover deeper doxa (accepted beliefs) that fracture nations and empires. Lemkin held that genocide is cultural. Kurdish genocides have been attempts to destroy Kurdish culture.’Gregory H. Stanton, Founding President, Genocide Watch‘Genocide needs to be analyzed within the categories of classical sociology. Focusing on the case study of the Kurds in Iraq, Kaziwa Salih offers a great contribution to comprehending the functionality and objective of genocidal social practices and the role of culture in genocide.’Daniel Feierstein, National University of Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• IllustrationsAcknowledgmentList of AbbreviationsNotes on Translation Introduction 1 Background: A Brief History of The Kurds PART I Conceptualization of Genocide Culture 2 Introduction to Genocide Culture: Genocide Culture, Civilian Actors, Ethnic Engineering3 Stimulation of Genocide Culture: Tribalism, Leader Syndrome, and Structuration of Public and Private Spheres4 The Inception of Genocide Culture: Pre-Existing Culture, Moral Panic, and Iraqi Doxa5 The Evolution of Genocide Culture: Pan-Arab Nationalism, Sociopolitical Violence, and the Orientalization of the Outfield6 The Manifestation of Genocide Culture: Religious Doxa, Religio-Cultural Habitus, and Deistic Ideology7 Distinction of Genocide Culture from Cultural Genocide: Culture Kills Culture, Acculturation, and Bottom-Up CascadePART II Contextualization of Genocide Culture8 The Institutionalization of Ba’athism and the Ba’athification of Institutions: Institutionalized Genocide Culture, Autopoietic Self-Reproducing, and Militarized Society9 Genocide Culture via Linguicide: Language Education Policy, Saddamist State, and Death of Linguistic Capital10 Genocide Culture in Assimilative Education: The Elimination of Illiteracy, the Ba’athification and Militarization of Education, and Identification Numbering Policy11 Genocide Culture in the Context of Land Destruction and Demographic Engineering: Confiscation, Demographic Destruction, and Legalization of Illegal Actions12 ConclusionIndex