War and the Transformation of Global Politics

ISBN-13: 9780230251816 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 248 str.

Vivienne Jabri

Opis

Drawing on critical social and political thought, the book explores the implications, arguing that late modern wars wars, often referred to as 'liberal', may be interpreted as perpetuating forms of exclusion and domination that render war a tool of control now articulated in global terms.

Recenzje

'...provides a discerning exploration of the place, role and import of the phenomenon of war in the transformations of global life.' - Emilian Kavalski, Political Studies Review

Spis treści

Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction: Understanding War and Violence Chapter 2: The Politics of Global War Chapter 3: Late Modernity, War and Peace Chapter 4: War, the International, the Human Chapter 5: War and the Politics of Cultural Difference Chapter 6: Beyond War and by Way of a Conclusion: Solidarity, the Politics of Peace and Political Cosmopolitanism Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

VIVIENNE JABRI is Senior Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK.