Violence and Sacrifice in Modern War Narratives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4387291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evelyn Cobley (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 75 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | SubStance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0049-2426 • E-ISSN: 1527-2095 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3685369 |
| OpenAlex | W2319987775 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
IN CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS, FREUD SPECULATES that the human instinct of aggression and self-destruction (92) could not be explained merely as a response to thwarted erotic satisfaction. He advanced this hypothesis of an aggressive instinct (Thanatos) independent of the libido (Eros) after becoming aware of the horrors of the First World War. It is not surprising that those exposed to the Western Front commemorated their experiences by expressing incomprehension and dismay at an unleashing of violence that struck them as incommensurate with the values of
Archaeology · Art · Literature · Narrative · Sacrifice · Sociology · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · History · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |