Politicide

Politicide

Politicide has three related but distinct meanings. It can mean a gradual but systematic attempt to cause the annihilation of an independent political and social entity. [Oxford English Dictionary notes the fist usage as: 1968 Y. HARKABI Fedayeen Action & Arab Strategy 11/2 The Arabs' objective of destroying the state of Israel (what may be called a 'politicide') drives them to genocide.] For example the destruction of the apartheid system in South Africa. [Grant Barrett " [http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/politicide/ politicide] " in the [http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/guide/ Double-Tongued Dictionary] cites the following sources:
* 1972 S. Abdullah Schleifer Journal of Palestine Studies (Winter) "Fedayeen Through Israeli Eyes" p. vol. 1, no. 2, p. 99: The insistence by the guerrillas that they are struggling to destroy the Zionist state and the Zionist-structured society that generates such as state is turned by Harkabi into a concept of "politicide" (an impressive-sounding concept applicable to the aims of any valid liberation movement, e.g. against Rhodesia and South Africa).
* 1975 Irving Spiegel New York Times (Oct. 20) "Criticism in U.S." p. 6: Rabbi Alexand M. Schindler…said that the Arab and third-world nations voting for the resolution "made a fateful and ominous decision to take the road of rhetoric, politicide and bigotry rather than the road of needed economic and social change which can come only through consensus, cooperation and decency."
* 2004 Lindsay Talmud openDemocracy (Apr. 27) "From the sublime to the ridiculous": The overall plan—now the most fundamental element in Israeli government policy and viewed by many Israelis as a legitimate attempt by their government to reconcile the irreconcilable demands of security, the settlers and democracy—is perceived by the Palestinians as "politicide"—a term Baruch Kimmerling coined to describe "a gradual but systematic attempt to cause their annihilation as an independent political and social entity." It is bound to be resisted, fiercely.
] Others have used the term to mean the deliberate physical destruction of a group who share the main characteristic of belonging to a political movement — this definition has been used because such groups are not covered under the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG). CPPCG only covers the deliberate physical destruction of national, ethnic, racial and religious groups. [http://science.jrank.org/pages/9496/Genocide-Origins-Evolution-Concept.html Origins and Evolution of the Concept] in the Science Encyclopedia by Net Industries. states "Politicide, as [Barbara] Harff and [Ted R.] Gurr define it, refers to the killing of groups of people who are targeted not because of shared ethnic or communal traits, but because of 'their hierarchical position or political opposition to the regime and dominant groups' (p. 360)". But does not give the book title to go with the page number.] A third use is noted by the Oxford English Dictionary and describes political suicide by an action which irreparably damages a person's political career. [Oxford English Dictionary politicide]

Israeli sociologist Baruch Kimmerling uses the term in his book "Politicide: Sharon’s War Against the Palestinians" and his articles. He defines "the politicide of the Palestinian people, a gradual but systematic attempt to cause their annihilation as an independent political and social entity." This he believed has been present throughout Israel's confrontations with the Palestinians, but was epitomised by the thoughts and actions of Ariel Sharon. [Baruch Kimmerling "Politicide: Ariel Sharon's War Against the Palestinians " defines politicide as "the dissolution of the Palestinian people's existence as a legitimate social, political and economic entity." [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3821/is_200604/ai_n17179228 reviewed] in the Journal of Third World Studies, Spring 2006 by Abraham, A J, from whence the quote is sourced.]

The social scientists Barbara Harff and Ted R. Gurr use the term "politicide" to describe the killing of groups of people who are targeted not because of shared ethnic or communal traits (the types of groups covered by the CPPCG), but because of "their hierarchical position or political opposition to the regime and dominant groups".

An example of the use of politicide as an action which results in political suicide, was given in "The Kansas City Star" on 23 February, 1996: "James didn't even finish his inaugural address before committing politicide." ["The Kansas City Star" quote is the second example of the use politicide as political suicide by the Oxford English Dictionary]

ee also

* Policide
* crime against humanity
* Hundred Flowers Campaign

References and notes

Further reading

*Harff, Barbara. " [http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/genocide/ Genocide Politicide] ", Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research (INSCR), University of Maryland


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