1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786958603321

Autore

Young Julian

Titolo

The philosophy of tragedy : from Plato to Žižek / / Julian Young

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-316-08999-1

1-107-06519-4

1-107-25554-6

1-107-05787-6

1-107-05566-0

1-139-17723-0

1-107-05913-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

809/.9162

Soggetti

Tragic, The

Tragedy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a full survey of the philosophy of tragedy from antiquity to the present. From Aristotle to Žižek the focal question has been: why, in spite of its distressing content, do we value tragic drama? What is the nature of the 'tragic effect'? Some philosophers point to a certain kind of pleasure that results from tragedy. Others, while not excluding pleasure, emphasize the knowledge we gain from tragedy - of psychology, ethics, freedom or immortality. Through a critical engagement with these and other philosophers, the book concludes by suggesting an answer to the question of what it is that constitutes tragedy 'in its highest vocation'. This book will be of equal interest to students of philosophy and of literature.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911034871803321

Titolo

An Annotated Guide to Tactics : : Carl von Clausewitz's Theory of the Combat / / edited by Benjamin M. Jensen, PhD, Henrik Breitenbauch, PhD, Brandon Valeriano, PhD

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Quantico, VA : , : Marine Corps University Press, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

1-7320031-3-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

355.4/26

Soggetti

Urban warfare

Integrated operations (Military science)

Guerre urbaine

Guerre urbaine - Histoire - 21e siecle

Villes - Croissance - Aspect strategique

Operations integrees (Science militaire)

Urban warfare - History - 21st century

Metropolitan areas - Strategic aspects

Cities and towns - Growth - Strategic aspects

History

Case studies.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Third World megacities : an illusion of control / Lieutenant Commander Muhammad Maooz Akrama, Pakistan Marines -- Territorialization of the megacity : exploiting social borders / Major Alexandra V. Gerbracht, U.S. Marine Corps -- The 2008 Battle of Sadr City : implications for future urban combat / David E. Johnson and M. Wade Markel -- ISIL's territorial logic of urban control in Mosul and al-Raqqah : city as a system analytical framework / Erin Simpson -- Coordinating chaos :  integrating capabilities in future urban conflict/ Major Robert D. Barbaree III -- Distributed influence: enabling



maneuver in a megacity / Major Jonathon T. Frerichs, USMC / Joint combined arms maneuver in the megacity: learning to thrive in chaos / Major Geoffrey B. Lynch -- Cyberspace in the megacity : thickening the fog of war? / Major Joseph I. Farina -- Take it, don't break it : a megacity concept of operations / Colleen Borley, Foreign Service Officer, Department of State -- Symbiotic  warfare : resource competition and conflict / Major Christina L. Manning, USAF -- Air domain dominance in a megacity / Major Nathan J. Storm, USMC -- Virtual resistance networks : enabling and protecting electronic information flows in the megacity / Colin R. Relihan --  The city prism :  a triangle of urban military operations / Henrik Breitenbauch, Mark Winther, and Mikkel Broen Jakobsen -- Conclusion / Benjamin Jensen, PhD.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book explores military operations, including indirect support to other interagency actors and functions in dense urban terrain and megacities. Dense urban terrain describes urban areas with high population densities that, in the developing world, often outstrip the capacity of local governance systems to exert formal control. The term megacity describes a city with a population of 10 million or more. These environments define patterns of human settlement. In 1950, only 30 percent of the world's population lived in cities compared to more than 55 percent in 2018. Much of this growth is concentrated in large, urban centers that connect a global flow of goods and ideas. By 2030, there will be more than 40 of these megacities"--