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The War For Independence and the Myth of Redemptive Violence
Author(s) -
Juhnke James C.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
peace and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1468-0130
pISSN - 0149-0508
DOI - 10.1111/0149-0508.00237
Subject(s) - mythology , independence (probability theory) , politics , political violence , event (particle physics) , sociology , spanish civil war , war of independence , political science , political economy , law , history , classics , statistics , military service , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
We can achieve a more truthful understanding of the American War for Independence, a sacred event in national mythology, if we free ourselves from the myth of redemptive violence. A peace‐minded revisionist view must examine economic, political, social, and moral dimensions of the war.