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dc.contributor.authorKustermans, Jorgen_US
dc.contributor.authorRingmar, Eriken_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-02T05:59:38Z-
dc.date.available2019-04-02T05:59:38Z-
dc.date.issued2011-10-01en_US
dc.identifier.issn0260-2105en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0260210510001038en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11536/150394-
dc.description.abstractThe 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'.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.titleModernity, boredom, and war: a suggestive essayen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0260210510001038en_US
dc.identifier.journalREVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIESen_US
dc.citation.volume37en_US
dc.citation.spage1775en_US
dc.citation.epage1792en_US
dc.contributor.department交大名義發表zh_TW
dc.contributor.departmentNational Chiao Tung Universityen_US
dc.identifier.wosnumberWOS:000296061200015en_US
dc.citation.woscount4en_US
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