RELIGST 2H03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Carl Von Clausewitz, Hiram Johnson, Scientific Revolution
24 Mar 2014
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Objects of violence: animals, children, women, racialized groups; the "enemy" Suicide bombers are told that they will be remembered greatly for their sacrifice, and they are told they will live a nice after life (considerations, cont. ) Mechanisms of violence: the body/speech, weapons, economic globalization, media For they that live by the sword shall die by the sword. (mat. The first casualty when war comes is truth. (senator hiram johnson, 1917) War is its crime. (victor hugo, d. 1885) We should think carefully about the reality of war. Most of us have been conditioned to regard military combat as exciting and glamorous an opportunity for men to prove their competence and courage. Since armies are legal, we feel that war is acceptable; Some 110 million people across the world were killed by the war in the 20th century (& many more by man-made violence), making it the most lethal century in human history.
