{"product_id":"raritan-on-war-jackson-lears-9781978841604","title":"Raritan on War: An Anthology","description":"We are, once again, a world at war. Geopolitical elites are deploying the implacable forces of ethnocentric hatred and religious nationalism; ordinary people are paying a fearful price. Not for the first time: this has been the characteristic pattern of war for more than a century. Every selection in this anthology (except for the timeless \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e) casts light on modern war, observed or directly experienced. Most are grounded in particular places--Stalingrad, Halberstadt, Budapest, Baghdad, Algiers, the Tamil ghost towns of Sri Lanka, the 6 by 12 cell in Belmarsh maximum security prison where Julian Assange is held without bail, for the crime of revealing US war crimes. Some recapture the actual look and feel of war--the sight of a seven-year-old girl clutching her mother's hand, dodging explosions in the Halberstadt public square; the sound of a Mozart concerto in D Minor, heard by a family hiding in a cave, played on their own piano by a Serbian sniper. Others take aim at the vast and vapid abstractions used to justify armed conflict, down to and including the use of nuclear weapons. \u003ci\u003eOn War\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the power of art and reflection to sustain humane ways of being in the world, even amid constant global violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn War\u003c\/i\u003e gathers together some of the finest writing on that troubling subject published in \u003ci\u003eRaritan\u003c\/i\u003e between 2003 and 2022. The editors, Jackson Lears and Karen Parker Lears, have selected work that typifies \u003ci\u003eRaritan's \u003c\/i\u003ewide-ranging sensibility--focusing on a topic that is aesthetically rich, intellectually challenging, and morally disturbing. It is also all too timely. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors: C. Felix Amerasinghe; Andrew J. Bacevich; Victoria De Grazia; Tamas Dobozy; David Ferry; M. Fortuna; Cai Guo-Qiang; Emma Dodge Hanson; Jochen Hellbeck; Karl Kirchwey; Ray Klimek; Peter LaBier; Patrick Lawrence; d. mark levitt; Michael Miller; Lyle Jeremy Rubin; Elizabeth D. Samet; Sherod Santos; Robert Westbrook \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jackson Lears\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978841604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978841604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jackson Lears","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372626792703,"sku":"9781978841604","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b0216823-f136-4d22-b5a1-2de5638a18a8.jpg?v=1732726495","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/raritan-on-war-jackson-lears-9781978841604","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}