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War and the Transformation of Global Politics (Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies) - Softcover

Book 3 of 91: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies

Jabri, V.

 
9780230251816: War and the Transformation of Global Politics (Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0230251811 ISBN 13: 9780230251816
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Synopsis

Late modern wars are legitimised through invocations of humanity; variously the rescue and protection of populations, the re-shaping of entire societies, and the re-constitution of the sphere of the international into a pacified cosmopolitan arena. Drawing on critical social and political thought, this book explores the implications of this legitimisation. It argues that these wars, often referred to as 'liberal', extend forms of exclusion and domination that make war a tool of control now articulated in global terms. In highlighting the domination of contemporary politics by discourses and practices that blur distinctions between war and peace, the international and the human, Jabri points to the dangers that lie at the heart of such practices. These dangers have implications not only for the liberal democratic state, but for the emergence of a global sphere of interaction based on mutual recognition.

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About the Author

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

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0230251811
ISBN 13 
9780230251816
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
248