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This brief article argues that the presumption that politics performs a restraining and controlling influence in war is so deeply embedded in liberal social thought that it often obscures the energy that gives war its underlying motivation, which is passion.
- The Function of War
- Modern War and The Modern State
- The Changing Face of War
- Conclusion
Clausewitz also seeks to define war by its function in human affairs: ‘what does it do?’ rather than ‘what is it?’. His answer has two elements that are fused in the German word Politik. This refers both to ‘policy’ – the aims and ambitions of individual states – and to ‘politics’ – the workings of human interaction on a large scale. War as an inst...
Clausewitz’s understanding of war was developed in the context of the modern state that emerged in Europe from around 1500. There were many factors at work: greater internal order, more efficient administration that facilitated collection of taxes and conscription of citizens, growing international trade, and technological advances, both civilian a...
How has Clausewitz’s understanding of war fared in in the contemporary world? Is it relevant to the many internal conflicts that have occurred since 1945? Has it adapted to the atomic age when resort to nuclear weapons could well result in mutual annihilation? Is it ultimately misguided in promoting the idea that war can be an instrument of policy ...
There is no ‘right’ definition of war – only definitions that are more or less useful for a given purpose. Clausewitz is interested in war in his own time because it reflected enormous changes taking place in politics and society. His principal concern is that war should serve as an instrument of policy for states with effective governments and reg...
Jan 1, 2001 · Thomas Merton’s “Passion for Peace: Reflections on War and Nonviolence,” is a collection of 11 essays, previously published in other sources between October 1961 and September 7, 1968, just three months before his tragic death.
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May 26, 2022 · War is costly, deadly and destructive. So, why do we do it? In his new book Why We Fight: The Roots of War and The Paths to Peace, Prof. Chris Blattman of the University of Chicago lays out the five main reasons why countries go to war—and why building peace is actually a lot easier than we may think.
Jan 1, 2017 · One might argue that through the implementation of diction, imagery, and personification in Kahlil Gibran’s “On Reason and Passion,” the harmonious nature of reason and passion implies their necessity in transforming the “discord of one’s elements” into “oneness and melody.”
The author analyses Freud’s letter to Einstein (“Why War?”) putting it into relation with more modern reflections on war. In particular, he criticises Freud’s central thesis that cultivation works against war: on the contrary, war is a very mature product of cultivation, it is to generic violent conflict what marriage is to free sexual ...
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The uplifting emotions of war are not tethered to violence as the root of passion; rather, passion is the root of violence. I believe that passion is a force of its own, and its origin is derived from life's most basic instinct to survive and reproduce.
