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  Book Title: Burning
Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction 	 	
  Book Author:  Rebecca Knuth (Author) 
   Hardcover: 248 pages
   Publisher: Praeger (May
30, 2006)
   Language: English
   ISBN-10: 0275990079
   ISBN-13: 978-0275990077
  
  Book Description
  Publication Date: May 30, 2006 |
ISBN-10: 0275990079 | ISBN-13: 978-0275990077
  Whether the product of passion or of a cool-headed decision
to use ideas to rationalize excess, the decimation of the world's libraries occurred throughout the 20th century, and
there is no end in sight. Cultural destruction is, therefore, of increasing concern.
  In her previous book Libricide, Rebecca Knuth focused on book destruction by authoritarian regimes: Nazis, Serbs in
Bosnia, Iraqis in Kuwait, Maoists during the Cultural Revolution in China, and the Chinese Communists in Tibet. But
authoritarian governments are not the only perpetrators. Extremists of all stripes—through terrorism, war, ethnic
cleansing, genocide, and other forms of mass violence—are also responsible for widespread cultural destruction,
as she demonstrates in this new book.
  Burning Books and Leveling Libraries is
structured in three parts. Part I is devoted to struggles by extremists over voice and power at the local level, where
destruction of books and libraries is employed as a tactic of political or ethnic protest. Part II discusses the
aftermath of power struggles in Germany, Afghanistan, and Cambodia, where the winners were utopians who purged libraries
in efforts to purify their societies and maintain power. Part III examines the fate of libraries when there is war and a
resulting power vacuum.
  The book concludes with a discussion of the events in Iraq in 2003, and the
responsibility of American war strategists for the widespread pillaging that ensued after the toppling of Saddam
Hussein. This case poignantly demonstrates the ease with which an oppressed people, given the collapse of civil
restraints, may claim freedom as license for anarchy, construing it as the right to prevail, while ignoring its implicit
mandate of social responsibility. Using military might to enforce ideals (in this case democracy and freedom) is futile,
Knuth argues, if insufficient consideration is given to humanitarian, security, and cultural concerns.
  
  Reviews
  "This carefully researched volume is a
sobering investigation of how in one century's time the world has lost extraordinary amounts of recorded human heritage.
While it is an excellent selection for any LIS collection, its astounding breadth makes it an ideal interdisciplinary
reader for political science, history and sociology collections. Strongly recommended for academic library and larger
public library collections."-Journal of Access Services
  
  "Knuth
reports on the destruction of libraries and books by extremists around the world during the 20th century and
investigates some of the complex motivations behind these violent acts. She first looks at the use of biblioclasm as a
tactic of political or ethnic protest at the local level. Next, she discusses the purging of libraries in the aftermath
of power struggles in Germany, Afghanistan, and Cambodia. The final three chapters consider the fate of libraries when
war creates a power vacuum--with special attention paid to the looting of Iraq cultural institutions in 2003."-Reference & Research Book News
  
  "In Burning Books and Leveling
Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction, Knuth documents how extremists of all persuasions have destroyed
books and libraries. She gives examples where the destruction of books is used as a tactic of political or ethnic
protest, or as a result of power struggles and war, and concludes with a discussion of the cultural destruction of Iraq
in 2003."-American Libraries
  
  "[F]or as long as libraries seem worth
building and maintaining, extremists will have a good material target, even if they are thwarted by the likes of Google
in their aim to erase the cultural record."-Academia
  
  "Knuth has
written a powerful, thought-provoking book to expand on her first book, Libricide (2003). She lays the groundwork by
defining extremist behavior, destruction, and biblioclasm, in the historical and modern contexts. This book is divided
into three parts. Each focuses on different aspects of power: at local levels, as part of totalitarian regimes, and as a
result of grabs for power. Knuth examines the relative role of power and how biblioclasm is used as a means to gain
attention, force beliefs, or hegemonize societies. The book presents in-depth analysis through a combination of actual
cases, background information, and theory. Most eye-opening is the chapter on the invasion of Iraq and the irresponsible
actions of the Bush administration, which resulted in the looting and destruction of centuries' worth of cultural and
historical artifacts. Each chapter has significant bibliographic citations that reflect excellent research in the
author's preparation for this book….Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above."-Choice
  
  "A scholarly study of nationalist, ethnic, religious, or
political extremism taken to such lengths as to result in the wholesale destruction of libraries as an all-out assault
upon cultural values the extremists despise. As Knuth shows, destruction of books goes hand in hand with destruction of
people. Burning Books And Leveling Libraries especially focuses upon incidents of
biblioclasm in the late 20th and earth 21st century…. [K]nuth reveals that using military might alone to advocate
and enforce ideals is futile when humanitarian, security, and cultural concerns are ignored. Deftly researched and
bitingly exact in its portrayal of extremist psychology and its terrible consequences, Burning Books And Leveling
Libraries is highly recommended, as is Knuth's previous study in the field, Libricide."-MBR:
The Bookwatch
  
  "Readers of this lucidly written, excellently organized, and passionately argued
book may never be able to view libraries the same way again; libraries, the author demonstrates, are not just
information portals or storehouses of ideas, but something more dangerous and often feared: they are
battlefields….Knuth has so succinctly summed up dozens of biblioclasm tragedies, so neatly and agonizingly
explained how politics, human psychology, and the heft of history lead to such events, that it is hard to conceive that
they will not happen again. If policy makers read this book, a must for all library schools and those concerned with the
fate of humankind and their culture, then we may very well be spared the repeat of such destructive tragedies."
 
-College and Research Libraries
  
  "A recommended addition for
academic libraries that support LIS schools. Additionally, with its in-depth research and extensive resources this book
is a good complement to history and sociology collections."-Reference & User Services
Quarterly
  
  "Drawing persuasively from history, political science, and social theory, Knuth
creates a challenging and forceful framework for understanding violence against books and libraries. Knuth balances the
rigor of her scholarship and the weight of her subject matter with an engaging, accessible style, creating a work
deserving the attention of any educated reader interested in intellectual freedom or political extremism."-Oklahoma Librarian
  
  "Written in academic style, the book is a thorough
look at the topic of library destruction. This book would be an excellent discussion tool for those who are concerned
about intellectual freedom. This is not a read for the faint of heart. This book sounds the clarion call to protect our
libraries and our books in any way we possibly can. This is a must read for all professional librarians, museum curators
and cultural center directors"-Colorado Association of Libraries
  
 
"Burning Books and Leveling Libraries is an important study for political leaders around the world, for library
association officials, for political scientists, and for all persons seriously interested in the preservation of the
world's cultural, intellectual, and artistic heritage."-Journal of Information
Ethics
  
  Book Description II
  Following her
analysis of officially sanctioned destruction of books and libraries in Libricide, Knuth now turns to the broader
problem of extremists' attacks on intellectual heritage committed in the name of political, religious, or social
causes.
  
  About the Author
  REBECCA
KNUTH is Chair of the Library and Information Science Program at the University of Hawaii, where she is also
Associate Professor.  						

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