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War and Social Theory

World, Value and Identity

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  • © 2006

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  1. Neal Curtis
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Power and Polemos

    • Neal Curtis
    Pages 1-22

  3. Life and Death

    • Neal Curtis
    Pages 23-44

  4. Master and Slave

    • Neal Curtis
    Pages 45-66

  5. Community and Sacrifice

    • Neal Curtis
    Pages 67-88

  6. Injuring and Mourning

    • Neal Curtis
    Pages 89-110

  7. Friend and Enemy

    • Neal Curtis
    Pages 111-132

  8. Media and Machine

    • Neal Curtis
    Pages 133-155

  9. Economy and Empire

    • Neal Curtis
    Pages 156-178

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 179-210
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About this book

The persistence of war as a feature of modern life is examined through issues of identity and difference, that is, the construction of 'self' and 'other' as individual or community. Key texts relating specifically to identity and war are addressed, including those by Nietzsche, Heiddeger, Marcuse, Freud, Lacan, Honneth, Bataille, Simmel, Elshtain, Ruddick, Schmitt, Delanda, Hardt and Negri, Baudrillard, Virilio, Beck and Joas. Its theoretical approach sets this study apart from the traditional political science and IR approaches to the subject and makes a significant contribution within this area of social theory, cultural studies and communication studies.

About the author

NEAL CURTIS is Lecturer in Critical Theory and International Communication Studies at Nottingham University, UK. He is the author of Against Autonomy: Lyotard, Judgement and Action.

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