1st Edition
International Intervention in a Secular Age Re-Enchanting Humanity?
By Audra Mitchell
Copyright 2014
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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International intervention is not just about ‘saving’ human lives: it is also an attempt to secure humanity’s place in the universe.
This book explores the Western secular beliefs that underpin contemporary practices of intervention—most importantly, beliefs about life, death and the dominance of humanity. These beliefs shape a wide range of practices: the idea that human beings should... Read more
Chapter 1: Introduction, Chapter 2: Beyond Belief – Telling a New Story About Secularity in IR, Chapter 3: A Matter of Life and Death, Chapter 4: Is Nothing Sacred? Disenchantment and Dehumanization, Chapter 5: Re-enchanting Humanity? Disenchantment, Re-enchantment and Intervention, Chapter 6: Angels of Death: Logics of Killing and Letting Die in Military Intervention, Chapter 7: Life After Death: Intervention, Immortality and Rituals of Re-enchantment, Chapter 8: Conclusions
Biography
Audra Mitchell is a lecturer in the Politics department at the University of York, UK
