Violence and Phenomenology

by James Dodd

Book Overview

This book pursues the problem of whether violence can be understood to be constitutive of its own sense or meaning, as opposed to being merely instrumental. Dodd draws on the resources of phenomenological philosophy, and takes the form of a series of dialogues between figures both inside and outside of this tradition. The central figures considered include Carl von Clausewitz, Carl Schmitt, Hannah Arendt, Jean-Paul Sartre, Ernst J nger, and Martin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415851963
• ISBN13: 9780415851961
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"