Wounding the World: How Military Violence and War-Play Invade our Lives - Hardcover

Bourke, Professor Joanna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0349004323 ISBN 13: 9780349004327

Verlag: Virago, 2014

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Reseña del editor:

Wars are frequently justified 'in our name'. Militarist values and practices co-opt us, permeating our language, invading our dream space, entertaining us at the movies or in front of game consoles. Our taxes pay for those war machines. Our loved ones are killed and maimed.

With killing now an integral part of the entertainment industry in video games and Hollywood films, war has become mainstream.

2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the declaration of the First World War, and with it comes a deluge of books, documentaries, feature films and radio programmes. We will hear a great deal about the horror of the battlefield. Bourke acknowledges wider truths: war is unending and violence is deeply entrenched in our society. But it doesn't have to be this way. This book equips readers with an understanding of the history, culture and politics of warfare in order to interrogate and resist an increasingly violent world.

Contraportada:

We are a warring people. We engage in current military conflicts and enthusiastically commemorate past ones. We blur enterainment and violence as militainment. Military history is one of the most popular genres. Many of us find violent computer games thrilling. The language of war permeates everyday speech.

Why should we be concerned with these matters? Because, given our history and the human consequences of the advancement of weapon technology, we are wounding - and destroying our world.

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• Verlag: Virago
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0349004323
• ISBN 13: 9780349004327
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320