Evil, Barbarism and Empire - by T Crook & R Gill & B Taithe (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Evil and barbarism continue to be associated with the totalitarian 'extremes' of twentieth-century Europe. Addressing domestic and imperial conflicts in modern Britain and beyond, as well as varied forms of representation, this volume explores the inter-relations of evil, atrocity and civilizational prejudice within liberal cultures of governance.

About the Author

EUGENIO F. BIAGINI Reader in Modern British and European History, the University of Cambridge, UK TOM CROOK Lecturer in Modern British History, Oxford Brookes University, UK REBECCA GILL Lecturer in Modern British History, the University of Huddersfield, UK TIM JACOBY Senior Lecturer in Conflict Studies, the University of Manchester, UK H.S JONES Professor of Intellectual History, the University of Manchester, UK SCOTT MCCRACKEN Professor of English, Keele University, UK THOMAS OSBORNE Professor of Sociology, the University of Bristol, UK DAVID SPEICHER Ph.D. student, the University of Mississippi, USA BERTRAND TAITHE Professor of Cultural History, the University of Manchester, UK ANTONY TAYLOR Senior Lecturer in History, Sheffield Hallam University, UK CHRISTINA TWOMEY Senior Lecturer in History, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.