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Perpetual war : cosmopolitanism from the viewpoint of violence / Bruce Robbins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robbins, Bruce.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cosmopolitanism.
- Violence.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Arguing that intellectuals must critique bellicose U.S. nationalism, Bruce Robbins advocates cosmopolitanism in its traditional sense, as an elevation of loyalty to the good of humanity as a whole over loyalty to one's own nation.
- Contents:
- Cosmopolitanism, new and newer : Anthony Appiah
- Noam Chomsky's golden rule
- Blaming the system : Immanuel Wallerstein
- The sweatshop sublime
- Edward Said and effort
- Intellectuals in public, or elsewhere
- War without belief : Louis Menand's The Metaphysical Club
- Comparative national blaming : W.G. Sebald and the bombing of Germany.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613654380
- 9781280677458
- 1280677457
- 9780822395188
- 0822395185
- OCLC:
- 794383534
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