Twentieth-century Stories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3917835 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Torbjorn L Knutsen (0000-0001-5466-832X, Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 119-127 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Peace Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022343302039001008 |
| OpenAlex | W2120499943 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
This essay examines four influential books on the trends and themes of the 20th century: The Age of Extremes, The Passing of an Illusion, Dark Continent and Triangulating Peace. All four books discuss the same historical events but incorporate them in very different stories. The main differences between the books are in the literary forms that they most closely conform to - tragedy, comedy, satire and romance, respectively. The essay concludes by asking why historians tend to bypass in silence the remarkable fact which constitutes the core of Triangulating Peace - and which might well be the most important feature of the 20th century - namely, that no democracy has gone to war against another democracy
Aesthetics · Art · Comedy · Democracy · Feature film · Illusion · Literature · Movie theater · Political science · Politics · Romance · Silence · Sociology · Tragedy (event) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,24 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2017 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |