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Capitalism, Hegemony and Violence in the Age of Drones

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-3-319-64887-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Erscheinungstermin: 25.01.2018
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This book offers a critical analysis of the rise of the US to global hegemony against a background of increased erosion of democracy and rule of law, and a rising linear pattern of near-absolute capitalist development. The author argues that the significant shrinkage of the ideological spectrum globally, as a result of worrisome levels of business and government interpenetration, has created a dangerous 'prefascist configuration' whereby unthinkable levels of violence have been normalized through the use of technologies such as drones, increasingly condoned even by 'liberal' groups and the so-called political left. Using the example of the Obama administration and its increased reliance on drone assassinations, the volume makes a case for the dangers that lie in today's unique convergence of lack of transparency in government, business-government interpenetration, informal social regimentation, and militarization of capitalism.



Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9783319648873
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-3-319-64887-3
  • Verlag: Springer International Publishing
  • Erscheinungstermin: 25.01.2018
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2018
  • Produktform: Gebunden
  • Gewicht: 748 g
  • Seiten: 483
  • Format (B x H x T): 153 x 216 x 32 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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Autoren

1. Introduction: Moral-Political Philosophy, A Spectrum Shift Rightward.- 2. Advancing Monopoly Capitalism: A Totalitarian Mental Landscape.- 3. Hierarchical Structuring of the Social Order: Ideological Implications.- 4. Interpenetration: Business-Government Co-Partnership.- 5. Comparative Probing of Fascism: Japan and America.- 6. Liberal Dimensions of Structural Uniformity: Capitalism and National Power.- 7. Framework of Corporatism: Contrasts in Leadership (FDR vs. Obama).- 8. Political Reflections: Education of a (Sometime) Radical.- 9. Master of Counterrevolution: Obama—Character and Policies.- 10. Butchers of the Beltway: Anatomy of “Legitimated Violence”.- 11. American/Israeli War Crimes: National Policies Engendering Fear.- 12. Contempt for the Law: Presidential Subterfuge.- 13. Nadir of Public Morality: The Age of the Drone.- 14. The Drone and Aberrant Government: Normalization of the Unthinkable.- 15. On Distance and Disconnection: Entering a Moral Black Hole.- 16. “Greater Leverage”: Military-Speak for Imperialism.- 17. A Moment in American Policy: The Death of Anwar al-Awlaki.- 18. Transgressions of Moral Law: Enlarged Scope of Legal Authority.- 19. Stirrings Toward Usurpation: Defying the Rule of Law.- 20. Echoes of the Cold War: A Strategy of Pre-Emptive Strikes.- 21. Epilogue:  Threads Left Unexplored: Objectification and Bureaucratization.