In eight pages this research paper applies theory to the topic of genocide and its origins. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography.
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universally regarded, it has been an all-too frequent feature of human history, particularly in the twentieth century. One often sees the remark in various forms of media in article pertaining
to the Holocaust that memorials are fitting so "that it wont happen again." Yet since the end of World War II, genocide has happened again, and rather frequently. There was
genocide in Cambodia under the Khumer Rhouge; wholesale murder in various counties of South America; organized genocide in various African countries; and, most recently, genocide in Bosnia. What causes societies
to indulge in this ultimate form of violence with such regularity? The following discussion will examine various theories about the processes involved that lead a seemingly reasonable society to commit
this ultimate atrocity. General studies on probably origins of genocide Evelin Lindner posits that a major contributing cause to the processes behind socio-political violence is the social process
of humiliation, whose "main elements are closely related to central aspects of the cultural repertoire of complex societies."i Furthermore, Lindner asserts that the human capacity to be humiliated and
to humiliate constitutes a potentially explosive characteristic of culture that has received too little scholarly attention. Rather than a peripheral issue, Lindner sees humiliation as one of the "fundamental mechanisms"
at work in the sociological process that lead to violations of human rights.ii To substantiate this thesis, Lindner points to two world wars that provide substantial evidence that the "proposition
of humiliation can lead to war, genocide, ethnic cleansing and terrorism."iii Ervin Staub, professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and author of The Roots of
Evil: The Psychological and Cultural Origins of Genocide and Other Forms of Group Violence, offers a different perspective. Staub sees the causes of genocide to be part of a self-perpetuating