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Ethics in Counter-Terrorism
European armed forces have frequently had to participate in counter-terrorist operations while abroad. For many, however, counter-terrorist operations in their home country are a relatively new phenomenon. Armed and uniformed soldiers can now be seen doing work which is, in some respects, comparable to that of the civilian security forces. What are the ethical implications of this phenomenon? To what extent does it change the relationship between the soldier and the democratic state? Do emerging technologies encroach on democratic freedoms? Does the phenomenon re-define the relationship between the police and the military? Under what conditions can soldiers be trained to achieve victory by force of arms, be used effectively in crowded city centres? Conversely, do we also risk over-militarising our police?
Barbarism Revisited
The figure of the barbarian has captivated the Western imagination from Greek antiquity to the present. Since the 1990s, the rhetoric of civilization versus barbarism has taken center stage in Western political rhetoric and the media. But how can the longevity and popularity of this opposition be accounted for? Why has it become such a deeply ingrained habit of thought that is still being so effectively mobilized in Western discourses? The twenty essays in this volume revisit well-known and obscure chapters in barbarism's genealogy from new perspectives and through contemporary theoretical idioms. With studies spanning from Greek antiquity to the present, they show how barbarism has function...
Herrschaft durch Schrecken und Liebe
Herrschaft gelingt, wenn sie Vorstellungen über Gefühle bei den Beherrschten erzeugt. Nur so wird Herrschaft akzeptiert und ihr Loyalität erwiesen. Zu den Vorstellungen gehört, dass die Herrscher sowohl Schrecken verbreiten als auch Liebe gewähren. Die gegensätzliche Paarung und ihre Verbindung mit der Herrschaft wurden in Texten der Herrscherbelehrung, der philosophischen Überlegungen und der Herrschaftspraxis sowohl zur Kritik als auch zur Rechtfertigung der Herrschaft eingesetzt. Es gab Aussagen, die beide – Liebe und Schrecken – als Herrschertugenden einforderten; andere Aussagen stellten sie in einen deutlichen Gegensatz. Seit dem 13. Jahrhundert wurde zunehmend die Liebe als...
Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena
"Following the Conquistadores", travel report from the beginning of the Twentieth Century.
Arthur's Magazine
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