Capitalism, Hegemony and Violence in the Age of Drones

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Pollack, Norman (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: International relations.; Political theory.; United States-Politics and government.; Political philosophy.; Political science.; Foreign Policy.; Political Theory.; US Politics.; Political Philosophy.; Governance and Government.; International Relations Theory.

 This book offers a critical analysis of the rise of the US to global hegemony against a background of increased erosion of democracy and rule of law, and a rising linear pattern of near-absolute capitalist development. The author argues that the significant shrinkage of the ideological spectrum globally, as a result of worrisome levels of business and government interpenetration, has created a dangerous 'prefascist configuration' whereby unthinkable levels of violence have been normalized through the use of technologies such as drones, increasingly condoned even by 'liberal' groups and the so-called political left. Using the example of the Obama administration and its increased reliance on drone assassinations, the volume makes a case for the dangers that lie in today's unique convergence of lack of transparency in government, business-government interpenetration, informal social regimentation, and militarization of capitalism. 

 1. Introduction: Moral-Political Philosophy, A Spectrum Shift Rightward -- 2. Advancing Monopoly Capitalism: A Totalitarian Mental Landscape -- 3. Hierarchical Structuring of the Social Order: Ideological Implications -- 4. Interpenetration: Business-Government Co-Partnership -- 5. Comparative Probing of Fascism: Japan and America -- 6. Liberal Dimensions of Structural Uniformity: Capitalism and National Power -- 7. Framework of Corporatism: Contrasts in Leadership (FDR vs. Obama) -- 8. Political Reflections: Education of a (Sometime) Radical -- 9. Master of Counterrevolution: Obama-Character and Policies -- 10. Butchers of the Beltway: Anatomy of "Legitimated Violence" -- 11. American/Israeli War Crimes: National Policies Engendering Fear -- 12. Contempt for the Law: Presidential Subterfuge -- 13. Nadir of Public Morality: The Age of the Drone -- 14. The Drone and Aberrant Government: Normalization of the Unthinkable -- 15. On Distance and Disconnection: Entering a Moral Black Hole -- 16. "Greater Leverage": Military-Speak for Imperialism -- 17. A Moment in American Policy: The Death of Anwar al-Awlaki -- 18. Transgressions of Moral Law: Enlarged Scope of Legal Authority -- 19. Stirrings Toward Usurpation: Defying the Rule of Law -- 20. Echoes of the Cold War: A Strategy of Pre-Emptive Strikes -- 21. Epilogue:  Threads Left Unexplored: Objectification and Bureaucratization.