
War Hecatomb
Jul 5, 2019 | Books, Publications

War Hecatomb. International Effects on Public Health, Demography and Mentalities in the 20th Century
- Helena da Silva, Paulo de Teodoro Matos & José Miguel Sardica (Eds.)
- 2019
- Bern: Peter Lang
- ISBN: 978-3-0343-3738-0
- Language: English
- 279 p.
War Hecatomb. International Effects on Public Health, Demography and Mentalities in the 20th Century, offers new insights on the impact of wars (namely, but not exclusively, World War I), by underlining its social and psychological consequences, particularly in public health, demography, and mentalities in different countries. Therefore, it is not just another book on World Wars, since it does not focus primarily on political, diplomatic, military or economic aspects. Instead, the work offers a brand new approach on these wars’ consequences, and especially on the civilizational significance of the Great War of 1914-1918. This original view over societies coping with the aftermath of the two world wars reveals how states and different agents were compelled to act and to face the new post-war reality, bringing to light an innovative social agenda while simultaneously trying to cope with the overwhelming phenomenon of physically and mentally scarred multitudes of veterans and their families. The book focuses on the consequences of conflicts in different perspectives and geographic locations. In twelve chapters, several aspects and effects of wars are analysed through different lens.
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A discussion on the representations and uses of the medieval past in the modern era, with Pedro Martins and Tommaso di Carpegna
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A discussion on the representations and uses of the medieval past in the modern era, with Pedro Martins and Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri.
The Medieval in Modern Times
A conversation on Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri’s The Militant Middle Ages and Pedro Martins’ Representing the Middle Ages in Modern Portugal (1890-1947)
Vista ora como época de superstição ou de progresso, de barbárie ou de cavalheirismo, de violência ou de harmonia, a Idade Média não tem deixado de despertar o nosso interesse desde o século XIX.
Entendido como elemento para a construção de nações modernas, campo de batalha político ou fonte de inspiração para a produção cultural e artística, o passado medieval tem sido um dos mais importantes espelhos para reflexão do que a nossa sociedade foi, das angústias e anseios do tempo presente, bem como dos valores que pretendemos projetar no futuro.
Aproveitando o recente lançamento da obra de Pedro Martins (IHC – NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST), Representing the Middle Ages in Modern Portugal (1890-1947). Historiography, Heritage, and Commemoration, bem como a publicação de The Militant Middle Ages. Contemporary Politics between New Barbarians and Modern Crusaders, de Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri (Universidade de Urbino) (ambas editadas pela Brill Publishers), o Instituto de História Contemporânea organiza uma conversa em torno das representações e usos do passado medieval na época contemporânea.
A discussão será moderada por José Neves (IHC – NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST) e contará com a presença dos dois autores, bem como de Maria de Lurdes Rosa e de Paul Sturtevant – ambos investigadores do Instituto de História Contemporânea e especialistas em medievalismo – que farão um comentário às duas obras.
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