Abstract
Conventional understandings of genocide are rooted in the ‘Holocaust model’: intense mass killing directed at the immediate destruction of the group. Yet, such conceptions do not encompass cases of so-called “slow-motion” genocide, where the destruction of the group may occur over generations. The destruction of indigenous groups often follows such a pattern. This article examines the case of West Papua with a view to developing a new analytical model distinguishing high-intensity “hot” genocides, motivated by hate and the victims’ threatening nature, with low-intensity “cold genocides,” rooted in victims’ supposed inferiority.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.9.2.1270
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Kjell
(2015)
"Colonialism and Cold Genocide: The Case of West Papua,"
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal:
Vol. 9:
Iss.
2:
9-25.
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.9.2.1270
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol9/iss2/5
