War is Hell is a study of the philosophy of war and peace, ranging critically from ancient peace thinking to today. The author uses a Socratic method, focused on political philosophy rather than on cultural or psychological aspects of war and peace making. The book is not a treatise on ethics, but rather an analysis of some aspects of the nature of war and peace. This book is a study of war - and by extension, peace - from the standpoint of political theory. For all those who think there is too much war, and to deal with that we need to search for new ways of thinking.
War is Hell is a study of the philosophy of war and peace, ranging critically from ancient peace thinking to today. The author uses a Socratic method, focused on political philosophy rather than on cultural or psychological aspects of war and peace making. The book is not a treatise on ethics, but rather an analysis of some aspects of the nature of war and peace. This book is a study of war - and by extension, peace - from the standpoint of political theory. For all those who think there is too much war, and to deal with that we need to search for new ways of thinking.
Charles Douglas Lummis has written extensively on the topic of US foreign relations, and is a vocal critic of US foreign policy. His works include Radical Democracy, and A New Look at the Chrysanthemum and the Sword. Susan Sontag has called Lummis "one of the most thoughtful, honorable, and relevant intellectuals writing about democratic practice anywhere in the world,"while Karel van Wolferenhas referred to him as an "eminent observer of the American-Japanese vassalage relationship."
Inhaltsangabe
Preface/ Acknowledgements Introduction: Hell Chapter 1: Peace as The Original Position The Original Position The Right to Make Promises The Peaceful Village The Village (2): Enter the Robber Band The Peace in Daily Life notes Chapter 2: The Violent State The Oxymoronic State The Magical State Legitimate Violence: The Hypothesis Legitimate Violence: The Grand Experiment The Phenomenon of Violence The State as Blob Max Weber and the Evil Moment of the State notes Chapter 3: Godlike Violence Why Gods Can't be Heroes Holy War The Gods vs God The Innocent Warrior Chapter 4: Distance and Distance Collapse The Art of Distancing Overcoming the Fear of Killing What Drill Instructors Teach Together in the Bomb Shelter Nativity in the War Zone Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder The Enemy Most Dear to You Heraclesian Syndrome "Or Has the Blood of Those You've Slain Made You Mad?" notes Chapter 5: (Just) War is Hell, Part I "Violence Pushed to its Utmost Bounds"
Preface/ Acknowledgements Introduction: Hell Chapter 1: Peace as The Original Position The Original Position The Right to Make Promises The Peaceful Village The Village (2): Enter the Robber Band The Peace in Daily Life notes Chapter 2: The Violent State The Oxymoronic State The Magical State Legitimate Violence: The Hypothesis Legitimate Violence: The Grand Experiment The Phenomenon of Violence The State as Blob Max Weber and the Evil Moment of the State notes Chapter 3: Godlike Violence Why Gods Can't be Heroes Holy War The Gods vs God The Innocent Warrior Chapter 4: Distance and Distance Collapse The Art of Distancing Overcoming the Fear of Killing What Drill Instructors Teach Together in the Bomb Shelter Nativity in the War Zone Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder The Enemy Most Dear to You Heraclesian Syndrome "Or Has the Blood of Those You've Slain Made You Mad?" notes Chapter 5: (Just) War is Hell, Part I "Violence Pushed to its Utmost Bounds"
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