Glory, Humiliation, and the Drive to War

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-316-51571-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 213 Seiten

From Hitler's determination to erase Germany's disgrace after World War I, to Sadat's promise to undo Egypt's humiliation in 1967, to ISIS's proclamations that it would end the “emasculation” of Muslims and restore the glory of the Caliphate, a sense of political humiliation and a desire for martial glory have always been central in the drive to war. Yet although glory and humiliation are the twin engines of conflict, and together they spur individuals and nations to violence, philosophers have shown little interest in these dispositions. In this book Nir Eisikovits offers a philosophical account of political humiliation, martial glory, and the relationship between them. Drawing on philosophy, literature, and psychology, Eisikovits argues that it is impossible to understand why people are drawn to war and how wars are justified without making sense of these two political passions and the ways in which they inflame each other.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eisikovits, Nir

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Glory: 1. A short history of Glory; 2. A theory of Glory; 3. Our ambivalence about Glory; Part II. Humiliation: 4. What is humiliation; 5. Humiliation in Foreign policy; 6. Humiliation and political theory; Part III. Glory and Humiliation: War's Two-Stroke Engine: 7. War's two stroke Engine; 8. Three case studies; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Eisikovits, Nir
Nir Eisikovits is Professor of Philosophy and Founding Director of the Applied Ethics Center at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. His previous books include Sympathizing with the Enemy: Reconciliation, Transitional Justice, Negotiation (2010), A Theory of Truces (2015) and Theorizing Transitional Justice (2016).