Book Description –Genocide Culture: Cultural Habitus, Ethnic Engineering and Religious Doxa- by Kaziwa Salih Genocide Culture offers a groundbreaking and deeply insightful analysis of the cultural roots and social mechanisms that have contributed to genocide and ethnic violence, with a particular focus on Iraq and Kurdish history. Drawing on original research, including semi-structured interviews, archival documents, and ethnographic observation, Kaziwa Salih explores how everyday cultural practices, accepted beliefs, and collective social structures can both reflect and reinforce genocidal tendencies. Routledge Divided into two major parts, the book first conceptualizes the author’s term “genocide culture”—a framework for understanding how dominant cultural dispositions and ideologies can foster exclusion, dehumanization, and mass violence. The second part contextualizes the experiences of the Kurdish community in Iraq, examining how social norms, institutional policies, demographic engineering, and state-society dynamics have intersected in the implementation of genocide against targeted groups. Routledge Blending cultural sociology, genocide studies, and Middle Eastern history, this book challenges readers to see genocide not only as political violence but also as a process embedded in the habits, beliefs, and everyday interactions of societies. It is essential reading for scholars, students, and practitioners in genocide studies, sociology, history, political science, international relations, ethnic conflict, and human rights.