DEHUMANIZATION AND OBJECTIFICATION IN THE YEZIDI GENOCIDE

Year 2021, Issue: 4, 92 - 108, 30.04.2021

Wojciech Kaczor

Abstract

Article discusses the mechanisms of dehumanisation and objectification in genocide, on the example of the Yezidi religious minority persecuted by the so-called Islamic State. It uses the theoretical framework provided by such social psychologists as P. Zimbardo, N. Haslam, M. Billewicz, M. Nussbaum, Leyens et al. Sources include memoirs of the former Yezidi sex-slaves and the dehumanising narratives from previous centuries. Islamophobia is also mentioned as an example of dehumanisation of the people culturally related to the perpetrators. The analysis has proven an important role played by the both, above mentioned mechanisms in the perpetration of the crime of genocide.

Keywords

Yezidi, Genocide, Dehumanisation, Objectification, ISIS

Thanks

I would like to thank my supervisor Dr. Joanna Bocheńska and Esat Şanlı for their consulation.

Di Komkujiya Êzidiyan de Dehumanîzasyon û Tiştkirin

Abstract

Ev nivîs mekanîzmayên dehumanîzasyon û tiştkirina mînaka komkujiya Êzîdiyan a kêmaniya olî ya ku ji aliyê qaşo Dewleta Îslamiyê ve hatin kuştin nîqaş dike. Ev xebat çarçoveya teorîkî ya ku ji hêla psîkologên civakî yên wekî P. Zimbardo, N. Haslam, M. Billewicz, M. Nussbaum, Leyens ûwd. hatiye pêşxistin dişopîne. Di nav van çavkaniyan de bîranînên koleyên zayendî yên Êzîdiyan û vegêranên ji sedsalên berê hene. Di heman demê de Îslamofobya wekî mînakeke dehumanîzasyonê ya li hemberê mirovên ku bi sûcdaran re xwedî heman çandê ne hatiye nirxandin. Ev analîz îspat dike ku di sûca komkujiyê ya mekanîzmayên jor ên behsa wan hatî kirin de, ji hêla her du aliyan ve jî roleke girîng hatiye lîstin.

Keywords

Êzîdî, Komkujî, Dehumanîzasyon, Tiştkirin, ISIS

DEHUMANIZATION AND OBJECTIFICATION IN THE YEZIDI GENOCIDE

Abstract

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