War Is Hell
Studies in the Right of Legitimate Violence
1st Edition
Published on 3. March 2023
252 pages
978-1-5381-7422-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-1-5381-7422-7 (9781538174227)
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03/2023
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Person
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."
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."
Content
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"
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"
