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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820434603321

Autore

Drake Michael S. <1958-, >

Titolo

Problematics of military power : government, discipline, and the subject of violence / / Michael S. Drake ; with a foreword by Paul Hirst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-34071-8

0-203-04568-8

1-136-34064-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 p.)

Collana

Cass series : military history and policy, , 1465-8488 ; ; 10

Disciplina

302

Soggetti

Sociology, Military

Civil-military relations

War and society

Violence - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part one. Ancient -- part two. Medieval -- part three. Late medieval -- part four. Early modern.

Sommario/riassunto

This book traces the relations between the organization of violence and social and political order from ancient Rome to early modern Europe. Following the work of Michel Foucault, the author studies the ways authority, obedience and forms of self-conduct were produced by the micro-techniques used to govern the bodies of violence deployed in different forms of warfare.