Life, death, and the western way of war /
'Life, Death, and the Western Way of War' traces when and how western soldiers - once regarded as simple fighting tools - became the far less expendable beings that we know today. In Kant's terms, the study traces the process through which soldiers have been turned from mere military...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY:
Oxford University Press,
[2022]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'Life, Death, and the Western Way of War' traces when and how western soldiers - once regarded as simple fighting tools - became the far less expendable beings that we know today. In Kant's terms, the study traces the process through which soldiers have been turned from mere military means into ends in themselves. The book argues that such a major transformation is largely the result of a shift in the social meaning ascribed to soldiers' death. It suggests that looking at death can somehow provide a privileged angle to understanding the value that societies attach to life. The narrative emerging from the empirical evidence will show that the story of attitudes towards soldiers' death is the story of a gradual, increasing process of individualization in the social meaning attached to human loss in war. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2022. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 204 pages) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191949074 0191949078 9780192674043 0192674048 |