{"product_id":"living-in-death-genocide-and-its-functionaries","title":"Living in Death: Genocide and Its Functionaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eRichard Rechtman's book \"Living in Death\" provides new answers to the question of who are the men who kill on a mass scale and their consciousness. He argues that it is not ideologies that kill, but people and that for genocidaires, their actions are mundane and preoccupied with everyday things like interactions with colleagues and living conditions. By reframing and refocusing our attempts to explain and preempt acts of mass torture, rape, killing, and extermination, Rechtman aims to understand how things came to be the way they are and how they might be different. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 02 November 2021\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner,Prix Littéraire Paris-Liège 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner,French Voices Award for Excellence in Publication and Translation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen we speak of mass killers, we may speak of radicalized ideologues, mediocrities who only obey orders, or bloodthirsty monsters. Who are these men who kill on a mass scale? What is their consciousness? Do they not feel horror or compassion?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Rechtman's Living in Death offers new answers to a question that has haunted us at least since the Holocaust. For Rechtman, it is not ideologies that kill, but people. This book descends into the ordinary life of people who execute hundreds every day, the same way others go to the office. Bringing philosophical sophistication to the ordinary, the book constitutes an anthropology of mass killers. Turning away from existing psychological and philosophical accounts of genocides perpetrators, Rechtman instead explores the conditions under which administering death becomes a job like any other. Considering Cambodia, Rwanda, and other mass killings, Living in Death draws on a vast array of archival research, psychological theory, and anecdotes from the author's clinical work with refugees and former participants in genocide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRechtman mounts a compelling case for reframing and refocusing our attempts to explain—and preempt—acts of mass torture, rape, killing, and extermination. What we must see, Rechtman argues, is that for genocidaires (those who carry out acts that are or approach genocide), there is nothing extraordinary, unusual, or world-historical about their actions. On the contrary, they are preoccupied with the same mundane things that characterize any other job: interactions with colleagues, living conditions, a drink and a laugh at the end of the day. To understand this is to understand how things came to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 282g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 126 x 203 x 18 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780823297863                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard Rechtman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44095616975098,"sku":"9780823297863","price":18.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/a05e328bf37e77c21b0edcc4ac4f7b27.jpg?v=1639546012","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/living-in-death-genocide-and-its-functionaries","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}