Clausewitz and Foucault: war and power

dc.creator	Roger Deacon
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:49Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:49Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/31-1-142
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/16688b763de548608407a556fb00c3d1
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9310
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/16688b763de548608407a556fb00c3d1
dc.description	Carl von Clausewitz's On War has influenced theorists across a wide range of disciplines, and one such was the late French philosopher and historian, Michel Foucault. This paper considers what at first sight appears to be Foucault's reversal of Clausewitz, but which oncloser examination can be seen to be an accordance with many striking parallels. It isargued that Foucault's reconceptualisation of modem, or disciplinary, relations of power corresponds remarkably closely with Clausewitz's analysis of war, to the extent that both power and war can be understood in terms of multiple, unstable, interactive and variable relations of force, governed by rationality but often resistant to analysis, the significance of which lies primarily in their fluctuating and reciprocal outcomes and consequences, and not least their moral and psychological components and effects.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/142
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 31, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	Carl von Clausewitz's On War
dc.subject	influenced theorists
dc.subject	French philosopher and historian, Michel Foucault
dc.subject	Clausewitz's analysis of war
dc.subject	Foucault's reversal of Clausewitz
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	Clausewitz and Foucault: war and power
dc.type	Article