Društvene i Humanističke Studije (Apr 2018)
The Study of Genocide in Curricula - Yes or No?
Abstract
The socio-historical substance of the twentieth century marked it by, among other things, as the centuryof genocide. If the 21st century is a century of knowledge, and it should be, there is a legitimate question:how to prevent growing destructive processes in society with knowledge, including genocide, whichindeed, is the most destructive and whose destructiveness is focused directly on the sanctity of humanlife as the ultimate good and value in general. The research shows that genocide as “the greatest evil”is necessary to explain scientifically through a separate science of genocide. In order for the constitutedscience of genocide, in addition to scientific explanation of genocide as a destructive social phenomenon,at the same time, to be in a function of social prevention of future genocide, it is necessary to include itin curricula, so that pupils and students become familiar with the laws of development of genocide andits destructive consequences for the survival and progress of society as a social fact “sui generis”.
