Race, Ethnicity, and Violence in South Sudan
Idris, Amir
- 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
- 出版日期: 2024-06-20
- 售價: $4,660
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $4,427
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 169
- 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
- ISBN: 3031570405
- ISBN-13: 9783031570407
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The purpose of this book is to understand how and why "liberators" of South Sudan have become perpetrators of ethnically driven violence. How and why did violence happen immediately after independence in South Sudan?
South Sudan slid into civil war in December 2013, just two years after winning its hard-won independence. A great deal has been written about the conflict and violence of this period, much of which emphasizes the notion that the root causes of the conflict can be traced to the ethnic division and hatred among the population or the lack of state capacity to manage ethnic diversity and hostilities. However, the existing literature exhibits important analytical gaps, focusing primarily on the state of the violence and the immediate political history of South Sudan dating back to its political independence in 2011, but lacking critical analysis of historical and anthropological interpretations of state and society. This book addresses these gaps in knowledge and understanding and in so doing seeks to explain how and why liberators become perpetrators of violence, and how the intersection of the legacies of slavery, colonialism, and national liberation struggle contributed to violence in South Sudan. Through a comprehensive exploration of identity and violence within the broader context of state formation, the book sheds light on why those who sought sovereignty may turn against their own, drawing parallels with colonial discourse. It aspires to provide nuanced frameworks and empirical insight for scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers engaged in South Sudan, politics, development, and peacebuilding.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書的目的是了解為什麼南蘇丹的「解放者」如何成為種族驅動暴力的加害者。為什麼南蘇丹在獨立後立即發生暴力事件?
南蘇丹在贏得艱苦爭取的獨立後僅兩年,於2013年12月陷入內戰。關於這段時期的衝突和暴力已有大量文獻,其中很多強調衝突的根本原因可以追溯到人口的種族分裂和仇恨,或者是國家管理種族多樣性和敵對情緒的能力不足。然而,現有的文獻存在重要的分析缺口,主要集中在暴力的狀態和南蘇丹自2011年政治獨立以來的即時政治歷史,但缺乏對國家和社會的歷史和人類學解釋的批判性分析。本書填補了這些知識和理解上的空白,並試圖解釋為什麼解放者會成為暴力的加害者,以及奴隸制度、殖民主義和國家解放鬥爭的交織如何促成了南蘇丹的暴力事件。通過全面探討身份認同和暴力,並將其置於國家形成的更廣泛背景下,本書揭示了為什麼那些追求主權的人可能會背叛自己,並與殖民話語相類比。它旨在為從事南蘇丹、政治、發展和和平建設的學者、學生、從業人員和政策制定者提供細緻的框架和實證洞察。
作者簡介
Amir Idris is a Professor of African History and Politics in the Department of History at Fordham University in New York City. He is the author of Conflict and Politics of Identity in Sudan. Among his other books are South Sudan: Post-Independence Dilemmas, Identity, Citizenship, and Violence in Two Sudans, and Sudan's Civil War: Slavery, Race, and Formational Identities.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Amir Idris是紐約市福特漢姆大學歷史系的非洲歷史和政治學教授。他是《蘇丹的衝突和身份政治》一書的作者。他的其他著作包括《南蘇丹:獨立後的困境,身份、公民身份和兩蘇丹的暴力》和《蘇丹的內戰:奴隸制度、種族和形成性身份》。