War and Negative Revelation (eBook)

A Theoethical Reflection on Moral Injury

Michael S. Yandell (Autor)

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2022
146 Seiten
Bloomsbury Publishing (USA) (Verlag)
978-1-9787-8513-7 (ISBN)

Infos

From the concrete experience of war, Michael S. Yandell constructs a phenomenology of "e;negative revelation"e; in which false or distorted claims of goodness and justice disintegrate, becoming meaningless. Yandell argues that the disintegration of meaning in war is itself a meaningful experience; "e;revealing"e; comes to signify the presence of goodness and justice through the profound experience of their absence. The heart of this work adds a layer of complexity or depth to the term "e;moral injury"e; as a negative revelation. Yandell emphasizes the context and logic of war itself beyond the actions of individuals, paying specific attention to the U.S. led Global War on Terror. Moral injury as a negative revelation is a disintegration of false normative claims of goodness and justice, as well as a disintegration of one's sense of self oriented toward those normative claims. This disintegration is prompted by the recognition of life in the midst of war's diminishment of life.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.3.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• ISBN-10: 1-9787-8513-5 / 1978785135
• ISBN-13: 978-1-9787-8513-7 / 9781978785137