Razumijevanje pojma genocida u djelu Arnea Johana Vetlsena
Understanding of the notion genocide in the work of Arne Johan Vetlesen

Summary/Abstract: The 20th century is behind us, the century in which millions of people were killed in one of the biggest crimes against humanity and international law – crime of genocide. Literally speaking, several people were killed every minute – due to different national, ethnic, racial, religious, political, and ideological reasons, or in other words just because they belonged to a different group as such. These murders were committed in course of implementation of certain political or military agendas, interpreted as something good. The good that leads to a bigger evil.The notion of evil has been for long, in sociology, even in philosophy,at the bottom of any interest. However, the notion itself as well as the entire phenomenon of evil has seen lately its ”renaissance”.Evil, regardless whether expressed largely or not has a huge group of enormous causes. Many theories of evil see infliction of pain as cause, or in other words that the evil is purpose for itself. That is the form of the so-called demonic evil, but this form is not dominant. Demonic sort of evil leads to it that the problem of evil becomes irrelevant for understanding, so that we see ourselves as devils. Evil is not unconditionally devil’s deed, and the proof of this is that majority of executioners are ordinary people, free of any specific sadistic dispositions.In all cases of genocide, they were all crimes against humanity and international law, committed mainly by ordinary people who had no sadistic tendencies. It is also true that these activities attracted a number of individuals who enjoyed in pervert satisfaction to ill-treat others.

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