War, Violence, and the Modern Condition

War, Violence, and the Modern Condition
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 432
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ISBN-10 : 3110147025
ISBN-13 : 9783110147025
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Book Synopsis War, Violence, and the Modern Condition by : Bernd-Rüdiger Hüppauf

Download or read book War, Violence, and the Modern Condition written by Bernd-Rüdiger Hüppauf and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1997 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume will explore the specific role which war has played in the constitution of a modern mentality. It will be divided into three parts: one dealing with issues of conceptualizing war, violence, and modernity/ modernism, one devoted to issues of the First World War as an exemplary experience in the 20th century; and one concerned with issues of violence and its representation in the aftermath of the first modern war.


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