PSCI 3307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Belgian Revolution, Lumpenproletariat, Hutu
25 Jun 2018
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Department
Course
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Anuj Sharma 100987657
PSCI 3307 - Politics of Human Rights
Instructor: Peter Atack
2018-06-04
Lecture Eight
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Words, Concepts, Persons, Places:
-Raphael Lemkin, genocide, Holocaust, Shoah, Shylock, scapegoat, pogrom, court Jews,
Ghetto, emancipation, Kristallnacht, Wannsee Conference, Einsatzgruppen, Treblinka,
Righteous amongst nations, Interahamwe, uburetwa, ubuhake, Arusha Accord, panga
Learning Outcomes:
-What is a genocide (as opposed to the many other evil things human beings have done to
each other)?
-How did these happen?
-How do we stop them from happening again?
Genocide:
-Raphael Lemkin
-Genocide: “the intent to destroy in whole or in part, a racial, ethnic or religious group.”
-What was excluded: class, gender, sexual orientation and political affiliations.
-Why do we call all atrocities genocides? Moral Capital.
Historic Roots of Anti-Semitism:
-1) Role of religion in community trust
-2) Position in Medieval society and economy, people apart confined to trade and banking
-3) Convenient scapegoats: target and erase debts
-4) Pogroms, periodic riots against minority whereby frustration expressed, and elite debt
erased
Court Jews:
-Special position granted to Jewish officials during the period of 1648-1789
-Acted as intermediaries; Jewish international capital markets and state
-As financiers and officials
-As leaders of their community
Revolution and Emancipation:
-During Napoleonic era Jewish special liberties and taxes both abolished as Jews were
granted citizenship or emancipation
-Shift from finance to intelligentsia
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Document Summary
Raphael lemkin, genocide, holocaust, shoah, shylock, scapegoat, pogrom, court jews, Righteous amongst nations, interahamwe, uburetwa, ubuhake, arusha accord, panga. Genocide: the intent to destroy in whole or in part, a racial, ethnic or religious group. What was excluded: class, gender, sexual orientation and political affiliations. Special position granted to jewish officials during the period of 1648-1789. Acted as intermediaries; jewish international capital markets and state. During napoleonic era jewish special liberties and taxes both abolished as jews were granted citizenship or emancipation. As jews secularize and assimilate, leads to a golden era in german art, science and literature. Lost the protection of court jews from state. Resentiment, envy against those more successful than you. Target and scapegoat for dying classes: nazis the petit bourgeoisie and the lumpenproletariat on the march. Sartre: at the root of all anti-semitism lies anti-rationalism, a desire to surrender reason to passion. Everything is evidence for the cause, facts logic are irrelevant.
