Genocide: trajectory and history of a concept and the discussions surrounding it

Raphael Lemkin defined genocide as a crime in 1944, but its inclusion as a crime of international law was the product of arduous discussions and intense acts of unquestionable militancy that cannot be separated from the political context in which they occurred. This article intents to reconstruct th...

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Autor principal: Nagy, Mariano
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Publicado: Sección Etnohistoria, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas. FFyL, UBA 2019
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spelling I28-R258-article-71592025-08-11T18:11:12Z Genocide: trajectory and history of a concept and the discussions surrounding it Genocídio: percurso e história de um conceito e suas discussões Genocidio: derrotero e historia de un concepto y sus discusiones Nagy, Mariano genocide indigenous peoples negationism genocidio pueblos indígenas negacionismo genocídio povos indígenas negação Raphael Lemkin defined genocide as a crime in 1944, but its inclusion as a crime of international law was the product of arduous discussions and intense acts of unquestionable militancy that cannot be separated from the political context in which they occurred. This article intents to reconstruct the winding historical paths and debates that led to the CONUG sanction, the subsequent proposals, the attempts to extend and update the Convention and the interrelation between social and legal sciences to understand the concept and its current scope. These issues are taken up in a set of reflections about the Conquest of the Desert process (1879-1885) and the criticisms of its characterization as genocide. This paper particularly analyzes the tendency towards denial; that is, approaches taking into consideration aspects of genocide such as: anachronism, denial of indigenous agency, non-academic activism, and the Conquest of the Desert understood as a war. O crime que Raphael Lemkin definiu como genocídio em 1944 remonta a muito tempo. Sua inclusão como crime no direito internacional foi produto de árduas discussões e intensas ações militantes, inseparáveis do contexto político em que ocorreu. Este artigo busca retraçar os tortuosos caminhos e debates históricos que levaram à promulgação da CONUG, às propostas subsequentes, às tentativas de expansão e atualização da Convenção e à inter-relação entre as ciências sociais e jurídicas na compreensão do conceito e seu escopo atual. Por fim, essas questões são abordadas em um conjunto de reflexões sobre o processo conhecido como Conquista do Deserto (1879-1885) e as críticas à sua caracterização como genocídio. Essas reflexões analisam as mudanças em direção ao negacionismo; isto é, certas abordagens a supostos aspectos do genocídio, como: anacronismo, negação da agência indígena, características militantes não acadêmicas e a Conquista do Deserto como uma guerra. El crimen que Raphael Lemkin definió como genocidio en 1944 es de larga data. Su inclusión como delito del derecho internacional fue producto de arduas discusiones e intensas acciones de militancia, inescindibles del contexto político en el que se produjeron. Este artículo intenta reponer los sinuosos caminos históricos y sus debates hasta la sanción de la CONUG, los planteos posteriores, los intentos de ampliación y actualización de la Convención y la interrelación entre ciencias sociales y jurídicas en la comprensión del concepto y sus alcances actualmente. Por último, estas cuestiones se retoman en un conjunto de reflexiones referidas al proceso denominado Conquista del Desierto (1879-1885) y las críticas a su caracterización como genocidio. Entre ellas se analizan los deslizamientos hacia el negacionismo; es decir, ciertos enfoques sobre supuestos aspectos del genocidio como: anacronismo, negación de la agencia indígena, característica militante no académica y la Conquista del Desierto como guerra. Sección Etnohistoria, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas. FFyL, UBA 2019-10-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/7159 10.34096/mace.v27i2.7363 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria; Vol. 27 Núm. 2 (2019); 10-33 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria; Vol 27 No 2 (2019); 10-33 1851-3751 0327-5752 spa http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/7159/6407 Derechos de autor 2025 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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topic genocide
indigenous peoples
negationism
genocidio
pueblos indígenas
negacionismo
genocídio
povos indígenas
negação
spellingShingle genocide
indigenous peoples
negationism
genocidio
pueblos indígenas
negacionismo
genocídio
povos indígenas
negação
Nagy, Mariano
Genocide: trajectory and history of a concept and the discussions surrounding it
topic_facet genocide
indigenous peoples
negationism
genocidio
pueblos indígenas
negacionismo
genocídio
povos indígenas
negação
author Nagy, Mariano
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title Genocide: trajectory and history of a concept and the discussions surrounding it
title_short Genocide: trajectory and history of a concept and the discussions surrounding it
title_full Genocide: trajectory and history of a concept and the discussions surrounding it
title_fullStr Genocide: trajectory and history of a concept and the discussions surrounding it
title_full_unstemmed Genocide: trajectory and history of a concept and the discussions surrounding it
title_sort genocide: trajectory and history of a concept and the discussions surrounding it
description Raphael Lemkin defined genocide as a crime in 1944, but its inclusion as a crime of international law was the product of arduous discussions and intense acts of unquestionable militancy that cannot be separated from the political context in which they occurred. This article intents to reconstruct the winding historical paths and debates that led to the CONUG sanction, the subsequent proposals, the attempts to extend and update the Convention and the interrelation between social and legal sciences to understand the concept and its current scope. These issues are taken up in a set of reflections about the Conquest of the Desert process (1879-1885) and the criticisms of its characterization as genocide. This paper particularly analyzes the tendency towards denial; that is, approaches taking into consideration aspects of genocide such as: anachronism, denial of indigenous agency, non-academic activism, and the Conquest of the Desert understood as a war.
publisher Sección Etnohistoria, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas. FFyL, UBA
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