Nineteenth-century war came to be seen as regenerating the race through self-sacrifice

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But there is more to it than that. In the nineteenth century—and this is completely new—war will be seen not only as a way of improving one’s own race by eliminating the enemy race (in accordance with the themes of natural selection and the struggle tor existence), but also as a way of regenerating one’s own race. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 7347

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Category: Factual Claims

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