Heroism and the changing character of war : toward post-heroic warfare? / edited by Sibylle Scheipers.
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Scheipers, Sibylle (redaktör/utgivare)
- ISBN 1137362529
- Publicerad: Houndmills, Basingstroke, Hampshire [England] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
- Engelska xii, 376 pages
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- Part I. Heroism and self-sacrifice what for? -- Part II. Casualty aversion -- Part III. Combat motivation -- Part IV. From heroes to victims.
- Post-heroism is often perceived as one of the main aspects of change in the character of war. Large parts of the contemporary strategic discourse rest on the assumption that war today is no longer fuelled by heroic motivations, and does not produce any popular public heroes, particularly in western democracies. Willingness to kill or die for the cause of one's socio-political community appears to be either a phenomenon of an historical stage that western states have long left behind, or an indicator of nationalistic or religious fanaticism. This is what has been described as the 'post-heroic condition' of western societies. According to this view, demographic and cultural changes in the west have severely decreased the tolerance for casualties in war. This edited volume provides a critical examination of this idea.
Ämnesord
- War (Philosophy) (LCSH)
- War and society -- History. (LCSH)
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects. (LCSH)
- War and society. (fast)
- War (Philosophy) (fast)
- Krig -- teori, filosofi (sao)
- Krig -- etik och moral (sao)
- Krig -- sociala aspekter (sao)
- War -- Moral and ethical aspects. (fast)
Genre
- History. (fast)
Klassifikation
- HM554 (LCC)
- 303.6/6 (DDC)
- Obba (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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