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Targets of Opportunity : On the Militarization of Thinking.
The title of this book echoes a phrase used by the Washington Post to describethe American attempt to kill Saddam Hussein at the start of the war againstIraq. Its theme is the notion of targeting (skopos) as the name of an intentionalstructure in which the subject tries to confirm its invulnerabilit...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bronx :
Fordham University Press,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The title of this book echoes a phrase used by the Washington Post to describethe American attempt to kill Saddam Hussein at the start of the war againstIraq. Its theme is the notion of targeting (skopos) as the name of an intentionalstructure in which the subject tries to confirm its invulnerability by aiming todestroy a target. At the center of the first chapter is Odysseus?s killing of the suitors;the second concerns Carl Schmitt?s Roman Catholicism and Political Form; thethird and fourth treat Freud?s?Thoughts for the Times on War and Death? and?The Man Moses and Monotheistic Religion.? W. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (217 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780823224777 0823224775 9780823238323 0823238326 |