Genocide in Cambodia

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Genocide in Cambodia Ellen J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
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Cambodia
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Choeung Ek
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• Causes of Genocide
• Socioeconomic or political upheaval
• Decolonization
• Civil war
• International conflict
• Economic collapse
• Political strife
• Alexander Laban Hinton, Why Did They Kill?

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Symbols Jewish Star and Rwandan Identity Card
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National Bank of Cambodia Blown up in 1975
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Tuol Sleng Prison
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8 Stages of Genocide Classification
Symbolization Dehumanization Organization Pola
rization Preparation Extermination Denial From
Genocide Watch The International Campaign to
End Genocide, Gregory H. Stanton
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• How ordinary people commit extraordinary evil
• ethnocentrism, xenophobia, and desire for
  dominance
• cultural belief systems, moral disengagement,
  and rational self-interest
• culture of cruelty
• dehumanization social death of the victims
• James Waller, Becoming Evil How Ordinary People
  Commit Genocide and Mass Killing, 2002