04352nam a22005895i 4500 978-3-031-57041-4 DE-He213 20251030112322.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240620s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031570414 978-3-031-57041-4 10.1007/978-3-031-57041-4 doi DT160-177 HBJH bicssc 1HB bicssc HIS001030 bisacsh NHH 1HB thema Idris, Amir. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 79003 Race, Ethnicity, and Violence in South Sudan [electronic resource] / by Amir Idris. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XI, 169 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda African Histories and Modernities, 2634-5781 Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Invention of South Sudan -- Chapter 3. The Formation of a Racialized State.-Chapter 4. Racialized Nationalism and Nation-Building -- Chapter 5. Ethnic Violence as Politics—December 2013 Massacre -- Chapter 6. De-inventing South Sudan. The purpose of this book is to understand how and why “liberators” of South Sudan have become perpetrators of ethnically driven violence. How and why did violence happen immediately after independence in South Sudan? South Sudan slid into civil war in December 2013, just two years after winning its hard-won independence. A great deal has been written about the conflict and violence of this period, much of which emphasizes the notion that the root causes of the conflict can be traced to the ethnic division and hatred among the population or the lack of state capacity to manage ethnic diversity and hostilities. However, the existing literature exhibits important analytical gaps, focusing primarily on the state of the violence and the immediate political history of South Sudan dating back to its political independence in 2011, but lacking critical analysis of historical and anthropological interpretations of state and society. This book addresses these gaps in knowledge and understanding and in so doing seeks to explain how and why liberators become perpetrators of violence, and how the intersection of the legacies of slavery, colonialism, and national liberation struggle contributed to violence in South Sudan. Through a comprehensive exploration of identity and violence within the broader context of state formation, the book sheds light on why those who sought sovereignty may turn against their own, drawing parallels with colonial discourse. It aspires to provide nuanced frameworks and empirical insight for scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers engaged in South Sudan, politics, development, and peacebuilding. Amir Idris is a Professor of African History and Politics in the Department of History at Fordham University in New York City. He is the author of Conflict and Politics of Identity in Sudan. Among his other books are South Sudan: Post-Independence Dilemmas, Identity, Citizenship, and Violence in Two Sudans, and Sudan’s Civil War: Slavery, Race, and Formational Identities. Africa, North History. 78242 History, Modern. 70351 Africa Politics and government. 67669 Ethnology Africa. 66792 Culture. 59159 History of North Africa. 78243 Modern History. 70352 African Politics. 67671 African Culture. 66793 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031570407 Printed edition: 9783031570421 Printed edition: 9783031570438 African Histories and Modernities, 2634-5781 66656 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57041-4 ZDB-2-HTY ZDB-2-SXH 60864 60864