La Guerre au XXe siècle
Book •
Albert Robida's 'La Guerre au XXe siècle' imagines future warfare transformed by automation, explosives, and mechanized systems, satirically critiquing the dehumanizing effects of technology on conflict.
The volume extends Robida's dystopian vision of a technicized society, exploring how war becomes impersonal, efficient, and devastating when driven by inventions and mass-produced machines.
Robida's background as a caricaturist informs the book's illustrative strategies, making it a proto-graphic-novel exploration of future war aesthetics and propaganda.
The text offers insight into late-19th-century cultural anxieties about military modernization and the political power of inventors and technocrats.
Its translation and critical edition help illuminate Robida's influence on future-war fiction and visual storytelling techniques.
The volume extends Robida's dystopian vision of a technicized society, exploring how war becomes impersonal, efficient, and devastating when driven by inventions and mass-produced machines.
Robida's background as a caricaturist informs the book's illustrative strategies, making it a proto-graphic-novel exploration of future war aesthetics and propaganda.
The text offers insight into late-19th-century cultural anxieties about military modernization and the political power of inventors and technocrats.
Its translation and critical edition help illuminate Robida's influence on future-war fiction and visual storytelling techniques.
Mentioned by
Mentioned in 0 episodes
Mentioned by 
Ana Oancea
Ana I. Oancea, "Dangerous Creations: The Inventor Novel in Fin-de-siècle France" (U Toronto Press, 2025)
