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Identity Destruction

Identity Destruction is a theoretical construct within the study of cultural genocide that denotes the systematic dismantling of a group’s collective self-conception, distinguishing it from related mechanisms by its targeted erosion of cultural memory, language, and symbolic practices essential to group continuity.

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77

Authors

60

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2017–2026

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Publications

58

Transgenerational Transmissions and Chosen Traumas: An Aspect of Large-Group Identity

Vamık D. Volkan · Group Analysis · 2001 · 552 citations

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Genocide and Social Death

Claudia Card · Hypatia · 2003 · 163 citations

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Destruction as the Cause of Coming Into Being

Sabina Spielrein · Journal of Analytical Psychology · 1994 · 119 citations

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The Destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan and International Law

Francesco Francioni · European Journal of International Law · 2003 · 114 citations · Full text

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The Destruction of Identity: Cultural Genocide and Indigenous Peoples

Lindsey N. Kingston · Journal of Human Rights · 2014 · 109 citations

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Authors

77

  1. CC
    Claudia Card

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    3 publications · 189 citations

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  2. AW
    Andrew Woolford

    University of Manitoba, Canada

    2 publications · 80 citations

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  3. OB
    Omer Bartov

    John Brown University, United States

    2 publications · 107 citations

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  4. BI
    Benjamin Isakhan

    Deakin University, Australia

    2 publications · 88 citations

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  5. VD
    Vamık D. Volkan

    University of Virginia, United States

    2 publications · 599 citations

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Institutions

60

  1. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  2. Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  3. University of Siena

    Siena, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  4. California State University, San Bernardino

    San Bernardino, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

  5. State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    56 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  7. Office of the Attorney General

    Austin, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    55 citations

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Venues

  1. Genocide Studies and Prevention

    GSP · 5 publications · 179 citations

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  2. Hypatia

    3 publications · 189 citations

    3

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  3. Identity

    2 publications · 159 citations

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 143 citations

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  5. Political Psychology

    2 publications · 83 citations

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