Power creates wars; wars create power. But these compelling acts of storytelling are breaking the loop | Charlotte Higgins
Artists’ acts of remembrance about destruction and violence defy the dominant narratives of heroism and sacrifice The way stories are told about wars really matters. It is a point powerfully made by the classical scholar Alice König who, in her work on ancient and modern warfare, points out that the way war is…
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Power creates wars; wars create power. But these compelling acts of storytelling are breaking the loop | Charlotte Higgins
Artists’ acts of remembrance about destruction and violence defy the dominant narratives of heroism and sacrifice The way stories are told about wars really matters. It is a point powerfully made by the classical scholar Alice König who, in her work on ancient and modern warfare, points out that the way war is…
