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Making Sense of Violence - Intellectuals, Writers, and Modern Warfare (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,476
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Making Sense of Violence - Intellectuals, Writers, and Modern Warfare (Hardcover): Mark Hewitson, Matthew D'Auria

Making Sense of Violence - Intellectuals, Writers, and Modern Warfare (Hardcover)

Mark Hewitson, Matthew D'Auria

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This book looks at the representations of modern war by analysing texts and examining the ways in which authors relate to the atrocious horrors of war. Rejecting the assumption that violence is simply a denial of reason or, at best, a pathological form of collective sadism, this book considers it 'a cultural act' that needs to be understood as underpinned by a series of shared and accepted norms and values stemming from a society at a given moment of its history and shaped by its language. Traditional vocabulary and language seem inadequate to describe soldiers' experience of modern warfare. The problem for writers is to depict and render intelligible a dramatically unprecedented reality through recourse to something familiar. For some historians and literary critics, the absurdity of the First World War has shaped our ironic and disenchanted reading of the entire twentieth century. Yet these ways of coping with the urge to communicate inexpressible feelings and emotions in most cases are not sufficient to overcome the incoherence of the sentiments felt and the events witnessed. The contributors attempt to address the questions and issues that are posed by the highly ambiguous views, texts, and representations examined in this volume. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal European Review of History: Revue Europeenne d'Histoire.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: July 2020
First published: 2021
Editors: Mark Hewitson • Matthew D'Auria
Dimensions: 246 x 174mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 978-0-367-53417-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Armed conflict
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
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LSN: 0-367-53417-7
Barcode: 9780367534172

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