POLITICS 773

From Dresden to Drones: The Ethics of War

Description

A focus on the ethical dimension of contemporary conflict, enabling students to critically assess debates about drone warfare, counterinsurgency and the politics of killing. Students will draw on a range of theorists, including Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben and Judith Butler, whilst looking at examples from Afghanistan, Israel-Palestine, Vietnam and Iraq.

For full course information see the Digital Course Outline for POLITICS 773.

Digital Course Outlines are refreshed in November for the following year. Digital Course Outlines for courses to be offered for the first time may be published slightly later.

Availability 2025

Not taught in 2025

Lecturer(s)

Lecturer(s) Dr Thomas Gregory

Points

POLITICS 773: 15 points