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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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Palgrave studies in religion, politics, and policy
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Palgrave studies in religion, politics, and policy.
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| Summary |
The Worldview of Redemptive Violence in the US is based on research that documents the existence of a dominant worldview within the US that supports the myth of redemptive violence, i.e. the concept that a nation can use its military (violence) to improve the human condition (redemption). Evidence is presented from the building blocks of worldview, namely collective memory, history, symbols, religion, and legends and myths. This worldview, however, leads to policies that support excessive military spending and a default position in which to use the military to solve international conflict. These policies are unsustainable, immoral, and ineffective given the realities of the world in the early decades of the 21st Century. Alternatives are presented in order to encourage the current recessive worldview that supports conflict resolution, cooperation, collaboration and peaceful efforts to solve humanity's biggest existential concerns: global climate change, pandemic poverty and an overabundance of weapons. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Was ist eine Weltanschauung, aka what is a worldview? -- The worldview discovered in marble, granite, bronze, steel and concrete -- The comingling of US history with US military history -- The stars and stripes in church : confusion over sacred and profane -- Post-constantinian Christianity in the United States -- George Washington & the apple tree : legends & myths in the US -- Seeing the water wherein we reside and understanding its consequences -- The US can (and must) change its worldview. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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United States -- Military policy -- History.
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United States. |
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Military policy. |
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History. |
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures -- History.
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Armed Forces. |
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Expenditures, Public. |
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Myth -- History.
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United States -- History.
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Theory of warfare & military science -- USA. |
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Peace studies & conflict resolution -- USA. |
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other. |
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Myth. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. |
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Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures. |
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Theory of warfare & military science -- United States of America, USA. |
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Peace studies & conflict resolution -- United States of America, USA. |
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Warfare and Defence. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Lavender, Wayne. Worldview of redemptive violence in the US 9781137482358 (DLC) 2014026380 (OCoLC)886489813 |
| ISBN |
9781137479112 (electronic book) |
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1137479116 (electronic book) |
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9781349503070 |
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134950307X |
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9781137482358 |
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1137482354 |
| Standard No. |
10.1057/9781137479112 |
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