War and Social Theory

The persistence of war as a feature of modern life is examined through issues of identity and difference, that is, the construction of ''self'' and ''other'' as individual or community. Key texts relating specifically to identity and war are addressed, including those by Nietzsche, Heiddeger, Marcuse, Freud, Lacan, Honneth, Bataille, Simmel, Elshtain, Ruddick, Schmitt, Delanda, Hardt and Negri, Ba...