The Archaeology of War: The History of Violence between the 20th and 21st Centuries (Anthem Intercultural Transfer Studies)

The 20th century holds many titles that emphasise the extraordinary. It was a century of totalitarianism, but also one of betrayal, an age of extremes and the incomprehensible. Betrayed, that is, at the mercy of unrestrained violence, were not only the people themselves but also, as it were, the idea of the human being. For up to a certain point, one could weigh oneself in an unfounded security of an inner connection between people. As is well known, such certainties were knocked out of hand in that century. Many situations, many images, motifs and sources can be named for this experience of unbounded violence, which now, at the beginning of the 21st century, requires new forms of transmission. In an era flooded with images, however, attention is more difficult. One has to embark on a search for traces, not because the sources are lacking, but because the form of inscription in history is problematic. This search for clues leads directly to the present monograph. Frontmatter Contents Introduction_Understanding_the_Violence Violence_and_History War_as_Becoming_On_the_Ontology_of_Conflict The_Embodiment_of_the_Victim_Phenomenology_of_Violence_Suffered Dark_Spots_In_History Colonial_Violence_The_Dark_Sides_of_the_Modern_State Hate_On_the_enigma_of_divisiveness_in_the_age_of_the_total Disastrous_Violence_Ideologies Politics_Violence_and_Sacrality The_Frightening_Love_of_War Between_The_Twentieth_and_Twenty-First_Century_The_Worldview_of_Concern The_Valorative_Space_in_Times_of_War What_Does_Learning_from_History_Mean_On_the_Implicit_Pedagogy_of_History War_Again_The_Contribution_of_Philosophy_to_the_Phenomenon_of_War From_the_Worldview_of_War_to_the_Worldview_of_Concern Bibliography Index