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https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.18007
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2013
iv, 115 p
Masters Thesis
Academic theses
Text
Sudan--History--Darfur Conflict, 2003-
Social structure
Sociology
Social Research
Agamben
Darfur
Genocide
Neoliberalism
Social control
State Violence
Social control
Genocide--Sudan--Darfur.
eng
Calleja, Robert J
Romero, Mary
Swadener, Beth Blue
Schugurensky, Daniel, 1958-
Arizona State University
Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2013
Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-115)
Field of study: Justice studies
The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of neoliberalism on the occurrence and intervention of genocide, particularly the ability to create othered groups through a process of dehumanization that desensitizes those in power to the human condition. I propose Social Externalization Theory as paradigm that explains how neoliberalism can be used as a means social control to create subjects vulnerable to political and collective violence that is justified as the externalized cost of economic growth, development, and national security. Finally, the conflict in Darfur (2003 - 2010) serves as a case study to analyze the influence of neoliberal policies on the resistance of the International community to recognize the violence as genocide. Analysis of the case study found that some tenets of neoliberalism produce results that fit within the ideologies of genocide and that some aspects of neoliberalism assume a genocidal mentality. In this case, those in positions power engage in daily activities that justify some suffering as acceptable, thus desensitizing them to the harm that their decisions generate.
Neoliberalism and genocide: the desensitization of global politics