1st Edition

Conflict, Security and the Reshaping of Society The Civilization of War

Edited By Alessandro Dal Lago, Salvatore Palidda Copyright 2010
238 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is part of the OAPEN-UK research project. This book is an examination of the effect of contemporary wars (such as the 'War on Terror') on civil... Read more

Introduction Alessandro Dal Lago and Salvatore Palidda  Part 1: The Constituent Role of Armed Conflicts  1. Fields Without Honour: Contemporary War as Global Enforcement Alessandro Dal Lago  2. The Barbarization of the Peace: The Neo-Conservative Transformation of War and Perspectives Alain Joxe  3. Norm/Exception: Exceptionalism and Governmental Prospects Roberto Ciccarelli  4. Reversing Clausewitz? War and politics in French Philosophy: Michel Foucault, Deleuze-Guattari and Raymond Aron Massimiliano Guareschi  5. Global War and Technoscience Luca Guzzetti  Part 2: Securisation  6. September 14, 2001: The Regression to the Habitus Didier Bigo  7. Revolution in Police Affairs Salvatore Palidda  8. Surveillance: From Resistance to Support Eric Heilmann  9. Enemies, Not Criminals: The Law and Courts Against Global Terrorism Gabriella Petti  Part 3: The Reshaping of Global Society  10. Media at War Marcello Maneri  11. Global Bureaucracy: Irresponsible But Not Indifferent Mariella Pandolfi and Laurence Mcfall  12. The Space of Camps: Towards a Genealogy of Places of Internment in the Present Federico Rahola

Biography

Salvatore Palidda is Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Education at the University of Genoa.

Alessandro Dal Lago is Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Genoa.