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A structural analysis of politicide: essentialization and destructive intent

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K03517
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field International relations
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

Matsuno Akihisa  大阪大学, 国際公共政策研究科, 教授 (90165845)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywordsポリティサイド / ジェノサイド / 虐殺 / 国際刑事法 / インドネシア / カンボジア / アルゼンチン / 光州 / 人権 / 冷戦
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The research examined a model on how essentialization (the formation of a perception that the enemy has an incurable evil) and the intent to destroy a political group are formed in the mechanism of politicide (destruction of a political group) by case studies from Indonesia (the massacre in 1965-1966), Timor-Leste (military operation against the pro-independence group), Cambodia (killings of opponents), Argentina (repression under the military regime) and Korea (Gwangju democratic uprising). The result was that the initial model (from essentialization to destructive intent) needs to be changed that the destructive intent comes first in most cases with essentialization being mobilized as a justification logic (from destructive intent to essentialization).

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は紛争予防を目的として、紛争において発生する政治集団の破壊(ポリティサイド)、すなわち大量殺害を防止するためにそのメカニズムを解明するというものである。ポリティサイドはしばしばジェノサイドと区別なく使われる用語であるが、実際にはジェノサイド条約の適用はない。そのためその重大さが見過ごされる傾向にあるのは否めない。本研究はポリティサイドをジェノサイドと並ぶ重大な国際的犯罪として提唱し、加えてそれを予防するための介入策を考えるためにメカニズムの解明を行った。本課題で実行の前段階となる破壊意図の形成や本質化をモデル化することができた。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2018 2017

All Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Book (1 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Presentation] Indonesia's 1965 in a comparative perspective2017

    • Author(s)
      Akihisa Matsuno
    • Organizer
      7th Annual Conference of the Historical Dialogue, Justice & Memory Network
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] The Indnesian Genocide of 1965:Causes, Dynamics and Legacies2018

    • Author(s)
      Katharine McGregor, Jess Melvin and Annie Pohlman eds.
    • Total Pages
      386
    • Publisher
      Palgrave Macmillan
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Political Killings: modes of repression and transitional justice2018

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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