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Oct 19, 2021 · The twentieth century was the most brutal in human history, featuring a litany of shameful events that includes the Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Stalinist era, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, and Rwanda. This book looks at the politics of our times and the roots of human nature to discover why so many atrocities were perpetuated and how we can create a ...
Jan 12, 2021 · Internet Archive. Language. English. 1 online resource (618 pages) The 20th century has been one of the most unique in human history. It has seen the rise of some of humanity's most important advances to date, as well as many of its most violent and terrifying wars.
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The 20th century witnessed the most destructive wars in human history. Perhaps as many as twenty-five million people died and countless others were wounded; millions more suffered from famine, plague, dislocation, devastation and all the other hardships war can bring.
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The twentieth century reflected all the extremes of human nature. It was scarred by some of history's most horrific examples of brutality and violence. But it also demonstrated humanity's idealism, inventiveness, and humanitarianism. It was the most technologically advanced century; it was also the most ideological and most destructive.
Feb 9, 2016 · This book itself is quite interesting. It provides many details about an era in the 20th century that is often not remembered. I do remember studying a course in 20th century history, where WW2 and the inter-war years were briefly covered. This book adds much information about that age.
If we survey the twentieth century’s most influential criticism of tragedy, we find a consistent set of claims that can be traced back to this revolution.
The idealist concept of the tragic is particularly in need of an integrative approach, as it is at once a major concern of critical theory, and a founda-tion, consciously or not, for many historical treatments of Greek tragedy. The list of twentieth- and twenty- first- century thinkers who have engaged
