Eric Carlton

Revival

Militarism (2001): Rule without Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This title was first published in 2001. Militarism connotes more than unadulterated aggression. It encapsulates a way of life and involves the inculcation of military values as an end in itself.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9781138725331
• ISBN-10: 1138725331
• Artikelnr.: 57048639

Autorenporträt

Eric Carlton

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
The question of social control
War and the professionals
Militarism and human nature: The phenomenon of massacre and genocide
Militarism and culture: tribal society
Militarism and motivation
Militarism and status
The Hundred Years War
Militarism and the territorial imperative
Militarism: the economic factor
Militarism: the political necessity argument
Militarism and the ethical implications of aggressive war
Militarism, games and ritual compulsion
Excursus: the phenomenon of blood-sacrifice
Militarism as a religious imperative
Militarism as a test of manhood
Militarism and the warrior death
Summary
Bibliography
Index.