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[[File:Choeungek2.JPG|thumb|right|Skulls of the victims of the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime in Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge committed classicide against business professionals as well as committing [[genocide]] against Cambodians of Vietnamese descent.]]
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'''Classicide''' is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of a [[social class]] through persecution and violence.<ref>Martin Shaw. What Is Genocide? Cambridge, England, UK; Malden, Massachusetts, USA: Polity Press, 2007. Pp. 72.</ref><ref>Jacques Semelin, Stanley (INT) Hoffman. Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide. New York, New York, USA: Columbia University Press, 2007. Pp. 37.</ref> The term "classicide" was termed by sociologist [[Michael Mann (sociologist)|Michael Mann]] as a term that is similar but distinct from the term [[genocide]].<ref>Martin Shaw. What Is Genocide? Cambridge, England, UK; Malden, Massachusetts, USA: Polity Press, 2007. Pp. 72.</ref> An example includes [[Joseph Stalin]]'s mass killing of the affluent middle-class peasant [[Kulaks]] who were identified as "class enemies" by the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>Jacques Semelin, Stanley (INT) Hoffman. Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide. New York, New York, USA: Columbia University Press, 2007. Pp. 37.</ref> Similar classicide against peasants was committed by [[China]] during the [[Great Leap Forward]] and by the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime in [[Cambodia]].<ref>Martin Shaw. What Is Genocide? Cambridge, England, UK; Malden, Massachusetts, USA: Polity Press, 2007. Pp. 72.</ref>
'''Classicide''' is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of a [[social class]] through persecution and violence.<ref>Martin Shaw. What Is Genocide? Cambridge, England, UK; Malden, Massachusetts, USA: Polity Press, 2007. Pp. 72.</ref><ref>Jacques Semelin, Stanley (INT) Hoffman. Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide. New York, New York, USA: Columbia University Press, 2007. Pp. 37.</ref> The term "classicide" was termed by sociologist [[Michael Mann (sociologist)|Michael Mann]] as a term that is similar but distinct from the term [[genocide]].<ref>Martin Shaw. What Is Genocide? Cambridge, England, UK; Malden, Massachusetts, USA: Polity Press, 2007. Pp. 72.</ref> An example includes [[Joseph Stalin]]'s mass killing of the affluent middle-class peasant [[Kulaks]] who were identified as "class enemies" by the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>Jacques Semelin, Stanley (INT) Hoffman. Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide. New York, New York, USA: Columbia University Press, 2007. Pp. 37.</ref> Similar classicide has been was committed by [[China]] during the [[Great Leap Forward]], by [[North Vietnam]] as part of [[Land reform in Vietnam|Land reform]] and by the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime in [[Cambodia]].<ref>Martin Shaw. What Is Genocide? Cambridge, England, UK; Malden, Massachusetts, USA: Polity Press, 2007. Pp. 72.</ref>


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Skulls of the victims of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge committed classicide against business professionals as well as committing genocide against Cambodians of Vietnamese descent.
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Classicide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of a social class through persecution and violence.[1][2] The term "classicide" was termed by sociologist Michael Mann as a term that is similar but distinct from the term genocide.[3] An example includes Joseph Stalin's mass killing of the affluent middle-class peasant Kulaks who were identified as "class enemies" by the Soviet Union.[4] Similar classicide has been was committed by China during the Great Leap Forward, by North Vietnam as part of Land reform and by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia.[5]

References

  1. ^ Martin Shaw. What Is Genocide? Cambridge, England, UK; Malden, Massachusetts, USA: Polity Press, 2007. Pp. 72.
  2. ^ Jacques Semelin, Stanley (INT) Hoffman. Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide. New York, New York, USA: Columbia University Press, 2007. Pp. 37.
  3. ^ Martin Shaw. What Is Genocide? Cambridge, England, UK; Malden, Massachusetts, USA: Polity Press, 2007. Pp. 72.
  4. ^ Jacques Semelin, Stanley (INT) Hoffman. Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide. New York, New York, USA: Columbia University Press, 2007. Pp. 37.
  5. ^ Martin Shaw. What Is Genocide? Cambridge, England, UK; Malden, Massachusetts, USA: Polity Press, 2007. Pp. 72.
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