# The Unfinished Twentieth Century

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- Book: [The Unfinished Twentieth Century](https://www.bookquiver.com/jonathan-schell/the-unfinished-twentieth-century) ([The Unfinished Twentieth Century.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jonathan-schell/the-unfinished-twentieth-century.md))
- Authors: [Jonathan Schell](https://www.bookquiver.com/jonathan-schell)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-18-5984-493-9
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2003-12-11
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In this work, Jonathan Schell, the author of The Fate of the Earth, proposes that the defining characteristic of the twentieth century was the uncontrolled acceleration of humankind’s capacity for...