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ID126065
Title ProperWar/Truth
Other Title InformationFoucault, Heraclitus and the hoplite Homer
LanguageENG
AuthorBrighton, Shane
Publication2013.
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article extends and critiques Michel Foucault's political sociology of war by taking it beyond its modern subjects. Positioning his work alongside Homer, Heraclitus and Plato, it analyses relations between war, truth and race in the transition from Archaic to Classical Greece. In doing so, it approaches philosophical texts as direct reflections on specific historical experiences of war, making the case for a political theory of fighting as a necessary and under-developed aspect of critical war studies. Such an approach, the article concludes, opens up new scholarly possibilities for the political sociology of war and resources political intervention against war-waging powers whose authority-inside and outside the academy-derives from a supposedly authoritative relation to the history and conduct of fighting.
`In' analytical NoteCambridge Review of International Affairs Vol. 26, No.4; Dec 2013: p.651-668
Journal SourceCambridge Review of International Affairs Vol. 26, No.4; Dec 2013: p.651-668
Key WordsPolitical Sociology ;  Homer ;  Michel Foucault ;  Political Theory ;  Conduct of Fighting ;  Heraclitus ;  War


 
 
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