The terror of history : on the uncertainties of life in Western civilization /
This book reflects on Western humanity's efforts to escape from history and its terrors--from the existential condition and natural disasters to the endless succession of wars and other man-made catastrophes. Drawing on historical episodes ranging from antiquity to the recent past, and combinin...
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
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