War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning, by Chris Hedges

[abaris]

Banality is defiantly the opposite of meaning.  I don't think the book refers to religious meaning, though.  I think it is talking about national, political, racial and human identity.  Religion only comes up in the discussion of the Yugoslavian conflict, since the area has a Muslim population.

I didn't refer to that book, which I didn't read and can say nothing about. I was talking about the reality of death, being exposed to it and noticing the fundamental banality surrounding most letal circumstances.