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 glob...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.