ABSTRACT

This book is dedicated to a consideration of genocide in the context of political sociology. It demonstrates that the underlining predicates of sociology give scant consideration to basic issues of life and death in favor of distinctly derivative issues of social structure and social function.

chapter |3 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|7 pages

Defining Genocide

chapter 2|8 pages

Functional Views of Genocide

chapter 3|9 pages

Existential Visions of Genocide

chapter 4|24 pages

Toward a New Typology of Social Systems

chapter 5|9 pages

Personal Life and Social Structure