Paths out of the apocalypse : physical violence in the fall and renewal of Central Europe, 1914-1922 /
"This book uses violence as a prism through which to investigate the profound social, cultural, and political changes experienced by (post-) Habsburg Central Europe during and immediately after the Great War. It compares attitudes toward, and experiences and practices of, physical violence in t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English, translated from the Czech. |
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | The Greater War Ser.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book uses violence as a prism through which to investigate the profound social, cultural, and political changes experienced by (post-) Habsburg Central Europe during and immediately after the Great War. It compares attitudes toward, and experiences and practices of, physical violence in the mostly Czech-speaking territories of Bohemia and Moravia, the German-speaking territories that would constitute the Republic of Austria after 1918, and the mostly German-speaking region of South Tyrol. Based on research in national and local archives and copious secondary literature, the book argues that, in the context of total war, physical violence became a predominant means of conceptualizing and expressing social-political demands as well as a means of demarcating various notions of community and belonging. The authors apply an interdisciplinary understanding of violence informed by sociological and psychological theories as well as by rigorous empirical historiographical approach. First, they examine the most severe kind of physical violence--murder--against the backdrop of shifting scientific and media discourses during the war and its immediate aftermath. Second, the authors use numerous cases of collective violence, ranging from less serious everyday conflicts to massive hunger demonstrations and riots, to unravel its "language," thus deciphering the attitudes and values shared among an ever-growing group of perpetrators. This book thus fundamentally rethinks some key topics currently debated in the scholarship on early twentieth century Central Europe, the First World War, violence, nationalism, and modern European comparative social and cultural history"--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | A version of this title was published in Czech in 2018 as Cesty z apokalypsy : fyzické násilí v pádu a obnově střední Evropy 1914-1922. Revised and extended English translation. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 341 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191919084 019191908X 9780192650597 0192650599 |