International Intervention in a Secular Age Re-Enchanting Humanity?

This book explores the Western secular beliefs that underpin contemporary practices of intervention - most importantly, beliefs about life, death and the primacy of humanity.

About the author

Audra Mitchell is a lecturer in the Politics department at the University of York, UK

Summary

This book explores the Western secular beliefs that underpin contemporary practices of intervention – most importantly, beliefs about life, death and the primacy of humanity.

Product details

• Authors: Audra (University of York Mitchell, Mitchell Audra, Audra Mitchell
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 04.04.2014
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works
• EAN: 9780415705066
• ISBN: 978-0-415-70506-6
• Pages: 216
• Series: Interventions
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, International Relations, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, posthumanist theory, sociology of death, secularism in international relations, anthropologies of secularity, peacebuilding ethics, dehumanisation in conflict, interventionist logic and mortality