The terms cultural genocide, eliticide, democide and gendercide all have a relationship to genocide. Whenever the process of genocide occurs, these concepts are often part of it. These concepts have proven applicability to the process of genocide (although cultural genocide can also be carried out without the full process of genocide taking place)
Cultural genocide: David Nersessina (2005) describes cultural genocide as extending beyond the physical and biological acts to harm a group by destroying its wider institutions (p.80). Cultural genocide can be achieved through the restriction or outright ban of the said groups language, cultural practices or traditions, art ,beliefs etc. Examples of this include the outlaw of jewish culture in …show more content…
Eliticide can be seen as killing of the head or leaders of the said group to make it easier to control or manipulate them, it would be harder for the group to gather up resistance if their leaders or members in positions of power are dead. Eliticide might not only involve the killing of the said members in positions of power or high standing, it can be done through taking away their property and property rights or through imprisonment. Examples of these are shown in the Armenian genocide where those in power or this in high standing with the society had their wealth and property taken away from them and they were either deported or killed. Eliticide is one of the many concepts that are involved in the process of genocide. It helps facilitate genocide because the targeted group would have no way of opposing or forming resistance without their …show more content…
In the Bosnia - Herzegovina genocide, there were mass rapes carried out in which the females were specifically targeted, in the Armenian genocide, the males were killed to prevent them joining the enemies army. In the holocaust, the women were killed to reduce reproduction while the men were forced to
Cultural genocide: David Nersessina (2005) describes cultural genocide as extending beyond the physical and biological acts to harm a group by destroying its wider institutions (p.80). Cultural genocide can be achieved through the restriction or outright ban of the said groups language, cultural practices or traditions, art ,beliefs etc. Examples of this include the outlaw of jewish culture in …show more content…
Eliticide can be seen as killing of the head or leaders of the said group to make it easier to control or manipulate them, it would be harder for the group to gather up resistance if their leaders or members in positions of power are dead. Eliticide might not only involve the killing of the said members in positions of power or high standing, it can be done through taking away their property and property rights or through imprisonment. Examples of these are shown in the Armenian genocide where those in power or this in high standing with the society had their wealth and property taken away from them and they were either deported or killed. Eliticide is one of the many concepts that are involved in the process of genocide. It helps facilitate genocide because the targeted group would have no way of opposing or forming resistance without their …show more content…
In the Bosnia - Herzegovina genocide, there were mass rapes carried out in which the females were specifically targeted, in the Armenian genocide, the males were killed to prevent them joining the enemies army. In the holocaust, the women were killed to reduce reproduction while the men were forced to