Inventing the Enemy !

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one book I read which is interesting was " construire l'ennemi " of Umberto Eco ( italian guy )

in English " Inventing the Enemy " .

That begin that Umberto think that italians begin the 2nd WW in a camp and finish the 2nd WW with the others !!!

And he think about inventing ennemy, why people hate somebody they don't know ? this is subject of his free thinker writing .
He explains how along history power give ennemy to rules !

Inventing the Enemy covers a wide range of topics on which Umberto Eco has written and lectured for the past ten years, from a disquisition on the theme that runs through his most recent novel, The Prague Cemetery - every country needs an enemy, and if it doesn't have one, must invent it - to a discussion of ideas that have inspired his earlier novels. Along the way, he takes us on an exploration of lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world. Eco also sheds light on the indignant reviews of James Joyce's Ulysses by fascist journalists of the 1920s and 1930s, and provides a lively examination of Saint Thomas Aquinas's notions about the soul of an unborn child, censorship, violence, and WikiLeaks. These are essays full of passion, curiosity, and obsessions by one of the world's most esteemed scholars and critically acclaimed, best-selling novelists.

it is an interesting thought for peace !




edition :

I'm only a dreamer !

 

[Gry]

one book I read which is interesting was " construire l'ennemi " of Umberto Eco ( italian guy )

in English " Inventing the Enemy " .

That begin that Umberto think that italians begin the 2nd WW in a camp and finish the 2nd WW with the others !!!

And he think about inventing ennemy, why people hate somebody they don't know ? this is subject of his free thinker writing .
He explains how along history power give ennemy to rules !



it is an interesting thought for peace !




edition :

I'm only a dreamer !



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If you found it of interest, you may wish to consider "The Prince" by another Italian, Nicclo
Machiavelli.