War, peace and empire in modern memory.

Reviews the book, Post-National Memory, Peace and War: Making Pasts Beyond Borders by Nigel Young (2020). This book draws on the author’s life’s work as a peace activist; as an academic and researcher in peace studies; as a public intellectual; and as editor of the Oxford International Encyclopaedia of Peace. It successfully combines deep analysis with personal witness, notably in the numerous vignettes and images, which are scattered through the book. While drawing upon the insights of psychology, the book is truly multidisciplinary. It explores how war and peace are represented in poetry, war memorials, paintings, plays, and requiems; as well as in popular arts, like murals, songs, cartoons, journalism, novels, and films. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research