Why Not War? Dialectics Of The Will To Aggression In The Recent 'U.S.'-Led War On Iraq

But war cannot be abolished as long as the conditions of existence among nations are so different and their mutual repulsion so violent, there are bound to be wars. The question then arises: Is it not we who should give in, who should adapt ourselves to war? Should we not confess that in our civilised attitude towards death we are once again living psychologically beyond our means, and should we not rather turn back and recognise the truth?[1] Much was made of the signifier 'civilised' in the build-up to the U.S. led coalition invasion of Iraq.…