War and Virtual War : The Challenges to Communities / edited by Jones Irwin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Irwin, Jones, editor.

Series:

At the interface/probing the boundaries ; Volume 13.

At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries Series ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War--Congresses.

War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Rodopi, [2004]

Summary:

If the practice of war is as old as human history, so too is the need to reflect upon war, to understand its meaning and implications. The Pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus asserted in 600BC that War ( polemos ) is justice, thus inaugurating a long philosophical tradition of consideration of the morality of war. In recent times, the increased specialisation of academic disciplines has led a to a fragmentation of the thematic of war within the academy - the topic of war is as likely to be addressed by sociologists, cultural theorists, psychologists and even computer scientists as it is by historians, philosophers or political scientists. This diversity of disciplinary approaches to war is undoubtedly fruitful in itself but can lead to an isolation of respective disciplinary analyses of war from each other. In July 2002, at Mansfield College, Oxford, an inter-disciplinary conference on war (entitled 'War and Virtual War') was held so as to redress some of this disciplinary isolationism and to forge an integrative dialogue on war, in all its facets. The papers in this volume were nominated by delegates as the most paradigmatic of the ethos of the original project and the most successful in achieving its aims of inter-disciplinarity and critical dialogue.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Understanding War and Terrorism

Paul GILBERT: Roles and Identities in Old and New Wars

Susan G. SAMPLE: The Impact of Ideational Interests on State Behaviour and the Outcome of Militarised Disputes

Paul REXTON KAN: Globalisation and the Just War Tradition: The Vexing Problem of Legitimate Authority

Bradd C. HAYES and Thomas P.M. BARNETT: System Perturbation: Conflict in the Age of Globalization

Maura CONWAY: Cyberterrorism: Media Myth or Clear and Present Danger?

Part II: War and Morality

Michael L. GROSS: Assassination: Killing in the Shadow of Self-Defence

Asa KASHER: Civil Disobedience and Military Ethics

Part III: Representations of War

Deborah A. GÓMEZ: The Exclusion of American Nurses from the Imagery of Liberation

Martin BAYER: Playing War in Computer Games: Images, Myths and Reality

Christopher MACALLISTER: Contemporary British Cinema and the Re-imagining of World War Two: A Virtual/Humane Sensibility to War and a 'New' Grammar of Heroism

Jones IRWIN: The 'Problem' (Not the 'Theorem') of War: On Pasolini's Salò

Part IV. Whither Peace?

Edward HORGAN: Peace and Virtual Peace: Challenges to War

Agata DZIEWULSKA: Cross-Track Approach: A Remedy to Post-Conflict Peace Building?

Notes on Contributors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9789004495364

9004495363

OCLC:

1245912146

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004495364 DOI