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Utilitarian genocide

Utilitarian genocide is one of five forms of genocide categorized and defined in 1975 by genocide scholar Vahakn Dadrian.[note 1] Utilitarian genocide is distinctly different from ideologically motivated genocides like the Holocaust and the Cambodian genocide. This form of genocide has as its aim some form of material gain, such as the seizure of territory in order to gain control of economic resources for commercial exploitation.[2][3] Two given examples of this form are the genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil and the genocide of indigenous peoples in Paraguay.[4]

This form of genocide was highly prominent during the European colonial expansions into the Americas, Asia, and Africa. The indigenous population collapsed from a combination of murder, enslavement and disease (mostly smallpox).[5] Dadrian has also given as further examples of utilitarian genocide the murders of Moors and Jews during the Spanish Inquisition and the deaths of Cherokee people during the westward expansion of the United States via the process of Indian removal.[6]

This type of genocide has continued into the twentieth century, with the ongoing genocide of indigenous tribes in the rain forests of South America primarily due to industrial progress and the development of resources within their territories; as these regions are exploited for economic gain the indigenous peoples are considered a "hindrance" and are forcibly relocated or killed.[7][8]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "The pioneer genocide scholar Vahakn Dadrian introduced the concept of "utilitarian genocide" in a landmark 1975 article, "A Typology of Genocide." He identified five "ideal types" of genocide, based mainly on the primary objective of the perpetrator:
    1. cultural genocide, aiming at assimilation;
    2. latent genocide, a by-product of war;
    3. retributive genocide, localized punishment;
    4. utilitarian genocide, to obtain wealth;
    5. optimal genocide, aiming at total obliteration".[1]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Markusen & Bjørnlund.
  2. ^ Kakar 1997, p. 214.
  3. ^ Mertens 2005.
  4. ^ Hitchcock & Twedt 2008, p. 547.
  5. ^ Grenke 2005, pp. 223–224.
  6. ^ Smeulers 2011, p. 170.
  7. ^ Smith 2000, p. 25.
  8. ^ Alvarez 2001, p. 50.

Sources

Main article: Bibliography of genocide studies
  • Alvarez, Alex (2001). Governments, Citizens, and Genocide: A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-33849-5.
  • Grenke, Arthur (2005). God, Greed, and Genocide: The Holocaust Through the Centuries. New Academia Publishing. ISBN 978-0976704201.
  • Hitchcock, Robert K.; Twedt, Tara M. (2008). "Physical and Cultural Genocide of Indigenous Peoples". In Totten, Samuel; Parsons, William S. (eds.). Century of Genocide: Critical Essays and Eyewitness Accounts (3rd ed.). Routledge. pp. 530–608. ISBN 978-0415990851.
  • Kakar, M. Hassan (1997). Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979-1982. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520208933.
  • Markusen, Eric; Bjørnlund, Matthias. "Utilitarian Genocide (Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity)". E-Notes.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  • Mertens, Allison (13 October 2005). "Genocide definition is crucial: Jonassohn". Concordia.
  • Smeulers, Alette (2011). Smeulers, Alette; Grünfeld, Fred (eds.). International Crimes and Other Gross Human Rights Violations: A Multi- And Interdisciplinary Textbook. Martinus Nijhoff. ISBN 978-9004208049.
  • Smith, Roger W. (2000). Wallimann, Isidor; Dobkowski, Michael N. (eds.). Genocide and the Modern Age: Etiology and Case Studies of Mass Death. Syracuse University Press. pp. 21–40. ISBN 978-0815628286.

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