Abstract
The article analyzes two central debates in studies of rebel/francoist violence during the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship: the conceptual tensions between extermination and the forced conversion program within the framework of the perpetrators’ annihilating intentions; and the debate regarding the effects of Francoist eugenics in constructing the "enemy" and planning violence. The author reflects on different theoretical frameworks applied in Spain: genocide, extermination, political cleansing, etc.; and warns of the dangers of certain conceptual excesses.
| Original language | Spanish |
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| Pages (from-to) | 163-176 |
| Journal | Historia Actual Online |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Oct 2015 |
Keywords
- Genocide
- Violence
- Spanish Civil War
- Post-war
