Making sense of mass violence: Who becomes a 'victim' and how?
Part of the "Making sense of mass violence" seminar series with Professor Abram de Swaan
- Date
- 15 November 2022
- Time
- 18:00 -21:00
- Location
- Amsterdam University College (AUC)
- Room
- Common Room
Who is the 'victim'? Is this a self-evident or a contested status? How do specific groups become victims of violence and mass extermination? Through prejudice and discrimination? Through other mechanisms? What is the role of the political/mediatic discourse of the time? What role does the (lack of) access to (economic, cultural, social) resources play in determining the group’s likelihood to becoming a victim of mass violence? What role do the feelings of “injustice” and “undeservedness” of the group’s access to certain valued resources play in the processes of victimization? What is the emotional dynamic of targeting and becoming a victim?
| Speaker: | Prof. Dr. Abram de Swaan is an essayist, sociologist and professor emeritus at the University of Amsterdam. In 1996, he became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. His most important recent book is The Killing Compartments: The Mentality of Mass Murder (Yale University Press, 2015). His full bio can be found at http://deswaan.com/ |
| Location: | Common Room Amsterdam University College Science Park 113 Amsterdam 1098XG |
| Convenors: | Dr. Erica Pasini & Dr. Maxim Kupovykh |
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