War and Modernity: Studies in the History of Vilolence in the 20th CenturyISBN: 978-0-7456-2644-4
Hardcover
256 pages
January 2003, Polity
 Other Available Formats: Paperback
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Written by Hans Joas, one of Europe's leading social theorists.
Asks how contemporary social and political thought can come to
terms with the ongoing proliferation of war and state
violence.
Draws on a wide range of material, from World War I and Vietnam
to the Gulf War and the conflicts in the Balkans.
Engages with current debates in the sociology and politics of
war and develops a distinctive line of argument concerning the role
of warfare in modern societies.
Aligns himself with figures such as Giddens and Mann in the attempt to establish a new and non-functionalist theory of social change.
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