Drones, Hobbes, and Liberal Enchantment

This article reconceptualizes military drones by drawing on early-modern debates about the sanctity of political power. Ian Shaw has claimed that the proliferation and automation of drones threatens to subject humanity to a robotic regime of control, which he describes as the ultimate instantiation...

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Main Author: Trigg, Christopher (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2018]
In: Political theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 7, Pages: 553-571
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Clarke, Samuel 1675-1729 / Hobbes, Thomas 1588-1679 / Political theology / USA / Guided missiles / Execution
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBQ North America
NCD Political ethics
Further subjects:B Samuel Clarke
B physico-theology
B Thomas Hobbes
B Political Theology
B Drones
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