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Modernity and War: The Creed of Absolute Violence

By Philip K. Lawrence (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1997
ISBN
978-1-349-14220-0, 978-1-349-14218-7, 978-0-312-17402-6
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-14218-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (22969015 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
VIII, 206\214
Time added
2016-11-20 09:00:00
International Relations;Political Theory;MilitarySocial Inequality;Political Science

Description

Modernity and War explores and assesses the development of war in the modern period. The book examines the contradiction between the optimistic view of social progress in the West and the actual involvement of Western states in mass violence. The author explains the violence of the modern form of war by analysing cultural trends in Western states and their connections to racism, nationalism and narcissism. The text also explains how the practice of air warfare distances Western citizens from the consequences of contemporary military violence.

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