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SUMMARY:Research Group: Rethinking the Role of Ideology in Atrocities - Jo
 nathan Leader Maynard (University of Oxford)
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CONTACT:Thomas J.W. Probert
DESCRIPTION:In the study of genocide and other forms of mass atrocity ther
 e is a widespread consensus that ideology matters. But in spite of this ag
 reement all is not well with actual efforts to theorise ideology's role. T
 heoretical and empirical coverage has been uneven\, and there has been lit
 tle if any effort by theorists to familiarise themselves with theories and
  research from the actual specialist field of contemporary ideology-studie
 s. As a result\, overarching theoretical accounts of the role ideology pla
 ys in violent atrocities remain limited and problematic. This paper aims t
 o encourage theorists to think about ideology in a more systematic and pro
 ductive fashion by analysing four questions: (1) what do we mean by ideolo
 gy?\; (2) who\, in cases of atrocity\, might be relevantly affected by ide
 ology?\; (3) why are these people successfully influenced by atrocity-just
 ifying ideologies?\; (4) how might ideology encourage these people to comm
 it\, or permit\, mass violence? In discussing these four questions - and I
  shall focus primarily on the fourth - I aim to clear up a number of misco
 nceptions or vagaries that frequent current analyses' of ideology in works
  on atrocity and political violence. I ultimately offer a suggestive accou
 nt of six recurring 'justificatory mechanisms' which collectively describe
  some of the common features of ideology's role across cases of mass atroc
 ity.\n\n\nDiscussant: Dr David Blunt (POLIS)\n\n\nThis paper is part of th
 e *CGHR Research Group*\, a forum for graduate students and early-career r
 esearchers from any department and disciplinary background researching iss
 ues of governance and human rights in the global\, regional\, and national
  contexts. ["more details":http://www.polis.cam.ac.uk/cghr/research_resear
 ch_group.html]
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