Deep Violence: Military Violence, War Play, And The Social Life Of Weapons
by Joanna Bourke /
2015 / English / PDF
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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 programs. 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.
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 programs. 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.Deep Violence
Deep Violence investigates the ways that violence and war
have become internalized in contemporary human consciousness in
everything from the way we speak, to the way our children play
with one another, to the way that we ascribe social
characteristics to our guns and other weapons. With a remarkable
depth of insight, Bourke argues for a radical overhaul of our
collective stance towards militarism from one that simply aims to
reduce violence against people to one that would eradicate all
violence. Her message is judicious and vital: knowledge about
weapons and the violence they bring has simply become too
important to cast aside or leave to the experts.
investigates the ways that violence and war
have become internalized in contemporary human consciousness in
everything from the way we speak, to the way our children play
with one another, to the way that we ascribe social
characteristics to our guns and other weapons. With a remarkable
depth of insight, Bourke argues for a radical overhaul of our
collective stance towards militarism from one that simply aims to
reduce violence against people to one that would eradicate all
violence. Her message is judicious and vital: knowledge about
weapons and the violence they bring has simply become too
important to cast aside or leave to the experts.