Abstract
Political concepts can have alternative meanings, depending on the type of discourse in which they are employed. For example, the concept holocaust can be part of at least three different types of discourse: (1) empirical-historical-factual, (2) normative-legal-political, (3) existentialist-religious-cultural. In the empirical mode, holocaust is a fact that is described and empirically/ historically analyzed and explained. In the normative mode, holocaust is a normative situation involving victims and murderers, crime, guilt, and punishment. In the existential mode, holocaust is an experience of an individual, group, or people that forms an important or decisive part of the individual's or group's existence, memory, orientation, culture, and identity, if not religion. Global apartheid is another political concept that can assume these three meanings. To explore these meanings is the purpose of this essay.
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