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Isabel Capeloa Gil & Adriana Martins
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Modern Narratives of Conflict

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Plots of War: Modern Narratives of Conflict discusses the dynamics of change and transformation that underlie the troubled project of modernity and shows how deeply it has been shaped by war and violence. The narrative of war, the emplotment of violence in historic and mainly in symbolic terms, is deeply embedded in the construction of individual and collective memories, but it also helps to shape the mediation of future conflicts.What is ultimately at stake here is the complex...

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Isabel Capeloa Gil and Adriana Martins, Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 225 ● ISBN 9783110283037 ● File size 5.3 MB ● Editor Isabel Capeloa Gil & Adriana Martins ● Publisher De Gruyter ● City Berlin/Boston ● Published 2012 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6360125 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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