Erik Ringmar

Boredom, Colonialism and War

Dreams of Power and Agency, 1870-1930

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A wide ranging account of the implications for international relations of the dissatisfaction of modern society with the failed promises of globalization, and the related fascination with warfare

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780415602518
• ISBN-10: 0415602513
• Artikelnr.: 41847006

Autorenporträt

Erik Ringmar is professor of Social and Cultural Studies at NCTU, Xinzhu, Taiwan. He has a PhD in political science from Yale University, taught at LSE in London for 12 years, and has published books with Cambridge UP, Routledge, Paradigm Publishers, and others. He is a faculty fellow at the Yale Center for Cultural Sociology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Boredom and Modernity 2. The 19th Century Part I: War as
Cure 3. Boredom and the Fascination with Violence 4. World War One 5. The
Aftermath to World War One 6. Fascination with Warfare in the 21st Century
Part II: Boredom and Colonialism 7. The Colonies as Arenas of Heroic Action
8. How the West Was Won 9. Onwards and Upwards 10. Conclusions