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The Origins and Forms of Modernity The Origins and Forms of Modernity
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Modernity and Violence: Rival Perspectives Modernity and Violence: Rival Perspectives
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The Classic Modernist View of Violence The Classic Modernist View of Violence
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The Revised Modernist View of Violence The Revised Modernist View of Violence
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Quantitative Evidence of Historic Trends in Ethnic Violence Quantitative Evidence of Historic Trends in Ethnic Violence
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Qualitative Evidence of Historic Trends in Ethnic Violence Qualitative Evidence of Historic Trends in Ethnic Violence
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2 Modernity and Ethnic Violence
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Published:February 2017
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Abstract
This chapter examines the link between modernity and ethnic violence. It begins with an overview of the origins and forms of modernity as well as the factors that caused the processes constituting modernity to develop in different ways. It then considers opposing arguments about the impact of modernity on ethnic violence, focusing on the classic modernist view, which contends that modernity promotes peace, and the revised modernist view, which counters that modernity increases violence. Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness offers a clear example of the classic position that equates modernity with peace. In particular, Conrad linked ruthless violence to primitivism and peaceful social order to modernity. The revised modernist position is exemplified by the works of Hannah Arendt, Michael Mann, James Scott, and Andreas Wimmer. The chapter concludes with a discussion of quantitative and qualitative evidence that lends support to the revised modernist view.
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