Barbed Wire: An Ecology of Modernity
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (988 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0819569593 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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With vivid examples of the interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the environment, this dramatic account of barbed wire presents modern history through the lens of motion being prevented. In this original and controversial book, historian and philosopher Reviel Netz explores the development of a controlling and pain-inducing technology--barbed wire. Physical control over space was no longer symbolic after 1874.This is a history told from the perspective of its victims. Drawing together the history of humans and animals, Netz delivers a compelling new perspective on the issues of colonialism, capitalism, warfare, globalization, violence, and suffering. Theoretically sophisticated but
Big ideas and a gripping read Lian C. Chang This is a tour-de-force piece of scholarship from an author who normally writes fascinating, but quite difficult, texts about ancient mathematics. Barbed Wire takes the invention, development, and use of barbed wire in agriculture, on the battlefield, and in prison camps as a case study to talk about the ways in which moder. "An Eye-opener" according to Kristina Rascher. This book should be on the required reading list for anyone who wants to better understand today's conflicts between peoples and nations.. A must read for those interested in history, origin of nations, politics, and the modern world as we know it - do we? Amy Carlow This is one of the best books I have ever read. The magnitude of the impact barbed wire has had, and continues to have on our lives is almost unimaginable - and yet - who knew?
Theoretically sophisticated but written with a broad readership in mind, Barbed Wire calls for nothing less than a reconsideration of modernity.. Drawing together the history of humans and animals, Netz delivers a compelling new perspective on the issues of colonialism, capitalism, warfare, globalization, violence, and suffering. Physical control over space was no longer symbolic after 1874.This is a history told from the perspective of its victims. In this original and controversial book, historian and philosopher Reviel Netz explores the development of a controlling and pain-inducing technology—barbed wire. Surveying its development from 1874 to 1954, Netz describes its use to control cattle during the colonization of the American West and to control people in Nazi concentration camps and the Russian Gulag. With vivid examples of the interconnectedness of humans, animals, and the environment, this dramatic acc