{"product_id":"war-and-modernity-9780745626451","title":"War and Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Hans Joas, one of Europea s leading social theorists.   Asks how contemporary social and political thought can come to terms with the ongoing proliferation of war and state violence.     Draws on a wide range of material, from World War I and Vietnam to the Gulf War and the conflicts in the Balkans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Though war remains central to society, it has been peripheral to recent sociological theory. Hans Joas helps remedy that with penetrating critiques of Marxian, realist and, especially, liberal views of war.’ \u003ci\u003eMichael Mann, University of California\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWar and Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e is a path-breaking book which explores in a very incisive way a subject which has not been systematically addressed in the social sciences, namely the relations between war and modernity. Contrary to the optimistic views which see war as a survival of “primitive” urges, Joas shows convincingly how war constitutes a basic component of modernity. The book is a distinct contribution.” \u003ci\u003eS.N. Eisenstadt, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...International Relations scholars should find the analysis of some familiar issues from a different angle illuminating, and they will find some important discussions and reconstructions of social thought in the context of war...much of value to be found in this volume\" \u003ci\u003eBryan Mabee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A valuable contribution to the reflection of sociology on war and violence.\" \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Wars and Values 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Modernity of War 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Dream of a Modernity without Violence 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Modernity of War: Modernization Theory and the Problem of Violence 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Ideologies of War: The First World War as Reflected in the Contemporary Social Sciences 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II After War 83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 After the War: Democracy and Anti-Communism in Berlin after 1945 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 After the Cold War: The Collapse of the German Democratic Republic (with Martin Kohli) 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Sprayed and Betrayed: The Experience of Violence in the Vietnam War and its Consequences 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III War and Violence in Social Theory 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Between Power Politics and Pacifist Utopia: Peace and War in Sociology Theory 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Is There a Militarist Tradition in Sociology? 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Sociology after Auschwitz: Zygmunt Bauman’s Work and the Problems of German Self-Understanding 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 War the Risk Society? 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 War the Teacher? 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Action Theory and the Dynamics of Violence 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index 246\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767973904727,"sku":"9780745626451","price":22.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745626451.jpg?v=1758715748","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/war-and-modernity-9780745626451","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}