Yair Auron is senior lecturer at The Open University of Israel and the Kibbutzim College of Education. He is the author of numerous articles and books on genocide and on contemporary Judaism, including Jewish-Israeli Identity and We Are All German Jews: Jewish Radicals in France During the Sixties and Seventies.
-This new book describes Israeli attitudes toward the phenomenon of
genocide in general, including Biafra, Tibet, the former Yugoslavia
and Rwanda. Taken together with [Auron's] earlier book, The
Banality of Indifference, both works offer an opportunity to
explore a subject of great contemporary relevance.- --The Armenian
Weekly -Auron has written a well-informed, very enlightening, and
courageous bookA. Chapters on how Israeli media, high school and
university education, and research treat--or decline to
discuss--the Armenian genocide are exemplary. Because the study of
genocides and related violationsAis an increasingly important part
of high school and university curricula, this is a timely and
indispensable book.- --Choice -The Banality of Indifference and The
Banality of Denial are groundbreaking works of scholarship and will
soon become essential reading for students in a wide range of
fields, including global politics, genocide studies, Zionism, and
international ethics.- --Middle East Journal
"This new book describes Israeli attitudes toward the phenomenon of
genocide in general, including Biafra, Tibet, the former Yugoslavia
and Rwanda. Taken together with [Auron's] earlier book, The
Banality of Indifference, both works offer an opportunity to
explore a subject of great contemporary relevance." --The Armenian
Weekly "Auron has written a well-informed, very enlightening, and
courageous bookA. Chapters on how Israeli media, high school and
university education, and research treat--or decline to
discuss--the Armenian genocide are exemplary. Because the study of
genocides and related violationsAis an increasingly important part
of high school and university curricula, this is a timely and
indispensable book." --Choice "The Banality of Indifference and The
Banality of Denial are groundbreaking works of scholarship and will
soon become essential reading for students in a wide range of
fields, including global politics, genocide studies, Zionism, and
international ethics." --Middle East Journal
"This new book describes Israeli attitudes toward the phenomenon of
genocide in general, including Biafra, Tibet, the former Yugoslavia
and Rwanda. Taken together with [Auron's] earlier book, "The
Banality of Indifference," both works offer an opportunity to
explore a subject of great contemporary relevance." "--The Armenian
Weekly" "Auron has written a well-informed, very enlightening, and
courageous bookA. Chapters on how Israeli media, high school and
university education, and research treat--or decline to
discuss--the Armenian genocide are exemplary. Because the study of
genocides and related violationsAis an increasingly important part
of high school and university curricula, this is a timely and
indispensable book." "--Choice" ""The Banality of Indifference" and
"The Banality of Denial" are groundbreaking works of scholarship
and will soon become essential reading for students in a wide range
of fields, including global politics, genocide studies, Zionism,
and international ethics." "--Middle East Journal "
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