1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465650203321

Autore

Moore Cerwyn

Titolo

Contemporary violence [[electronic resource] ] : postmodern war in Kosovo and Chechnya / / Cerwyn Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-84779-687-7

1-78170-269-1

1-84779-328-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

303.6094752

327.117

Soggetti

Political violence - History - 20th century

Violence - Russia (Federation) - Chechni͡a

Violence - Kosovo (Republic)

Kosovo War, 1998-1999

Electronic books.

Chechni͡a (Russia) History Civil War, 1994-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

9780719075995; 9780719075995; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: alternativeapproaches to violence inInternational Relations; 1 Narrative identity and thechallengeof literary globalpolitics: towards interpretivepluralism; 2 Kosovo and Chechnya/Kosovaand Ichkeria; 3 Regional politics, trans-localidentity and history; 4 Globalisation and conflict:screeningwar in Kosovo andChechnya; 5 Stories of war in the Balkans andCaucasus; 6 Criminality and war; 7 The politics of emotionality; 8 Networks and narratives:the road to war in the Balkansand Caucasus

Conclusion: reclaiming globalpoliticsSelect bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Contemporary Violence: Postmodern War in Kosovo and Chechnya draws on several years of field research, as well as interpretive IR theory and analysis of empirical source material so as to shed light on contemporary violence. Drawing on interpretive approaches to



International Relations, the book argues that founding events and multiple contexts informed the narratives deployed by different members of each movement, illustrating why elements within the Kosovo Liberation Army and the armed forces of the Chechen republic of Ichkeria favoured regional and local strategies of war in the Balkans and