Terrortimes, Terrorscapes: Continuities of Space, Time, and Memory in Twentieth-Century War and Genocide

Authors

Volker Benkert, Arizona State University
Michael Mayer, Political Academy

Files

Page Count

292

Language

English

Description

Terrortimes, Terrorscapes: Continuities of Space, Time, and Memory in Twentieth-Century War and Genocide investigates interconnections between space and violence throughout the twentieth century, and how such connections informed collective memory. The interdisciplinary volume shows how entangled notions of time and space amplified by memory narratives led to continuities of violence across different conflicts creating “terrortimes” and “terrorscapes” in their wake. The volume examines such continuities of violence with the help of an analytical framework built around different themes. Its first part, spatial and temporal continuities of violence, looks at contested spaces and ideas of national, ethnic, or religious homogeneity that are often at the heart of prolonged conflicts. The second part, on states and actors, addresses the role of states as enablers of violence, asymmetric power dynamics, and the connection between imperialism and genocide in Africa. Imagination and emotion—the focus of the third part—explores utopian visions and their limits that instigate or hinder, and the mobilization of emotion through propaganda. Finally, the fourth part shows how the recollection of the past sometimes triggers new terrortimes. Departing from an understanding of violence limited to certain areas and time frames, this volume describes continuities of violence as overlapping fabrics woven together from notions of space, time, and memory.

ISBN

9781612497334

Publication Date

Fall 9-15-2022

Publisher

Purdue University Press

City

West Lafayette

Keywords

Bloodlands, Holocaust, Shoah, genocide, colonial, memory culture, history of discrimination, Jewish history, history of Sinti and Roma, imperialism, propaganda, German history, Austria-Hungary, Polish history, Indonesian history, British history, Russian history, the Great Patriotic War, French history, Dutch history, temporality, space, violence, transnational, long 20th century, ideology, fascism, critical theory, ethics, international relations, peace and conflict studies, memory, memorialization

Disciplines

European History | History | Holocaust and Genocide Studies | Political Science

Comments

This book is made available Open Access (CC-BY-NC) thanks to the support of Knowledge Unlatched, www.knowledgeunlatched.org

Recommended Citation

Benkert, Volker and Mayer, Michael, "Terrortimes, Terrorscapes: Continuities of Space, Time, and Memory in Twentieth-Century War and Genocide" (2022). Purdue University Press Books. 65.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/purduepress_ebooks/65