標題: Modernity, boredom, and war: a suggestive essay
作者: Kustermans, Jorg
Ringmar, Erik
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National Chiao Tung University
公開日期: 1-Oct-2011
摘要: The quest for perpetual peace is a modern phenomenon, associated with a progressive view of history which emerged only in the Enlightenment. In addition, boredom - a feeling of ennui associated with a loss of the ability to act - is a fundamental mood of the modern age. Modern societies are thus, simultaneously, becoming more peaceful and their inhabitants are becoming more bored. As a means of overcoming our boredom, we are increasingly fascinated by violence, and war is glorified as a means of restoring our ability to act. Empirical illustrations of this thesis are drawn from World War I and from the Bush administration's 'global War on Terror'.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0260210510001038
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/14841
ISSN: 0260-2105
DOI: 10.1017/S0260210510001038
期刊: REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Volume: 37
Issue: 4
起始頁: 1775
結束頁: 1792
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