In Civil Wars, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Germany's most astute literary and political critic, chronicles the global changes taking place as the result of evolving notions of nationalism, loyalty, and community. Enzensberger sees similar forces at work around the world, from America's racial uprisings in Los Angeles to the outright carnage in the former Yugoslavia. He argues that previous approaches to class or generational conflict have failed us, and that we are now confronted with an "autism of violence": a tendency toward self-destruction and collective madness.
- ISBN10 156584209X
- ISBN13 9781565842090
- Publish Date 21 September 1995 (first published 1 October 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint The New Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 144
- Language English