Democracy or dictatorship? The moral call to defend Ukraine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2398396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hans-Herbert Kögler (0000-0003-0321-4090, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA; Alpen-Adria University, Klagenfurt, Austria), Hans‐herbert Kögler (University of North Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 450-478 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13684310231158727 |
| OpenAlex | W4361215799 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 5 |
This essay is a reflection on the Ukraine war grounded in moral motives to empathetically support an attacked victim (whether at the individual or national level). It entails a critique of the moral abstraction of the geopolitical perspective and an analysis of Putin's imperial Eurasian ideology, including Dugin's cultural essentialism and the biopolitical strategies of its implementation. Current calls for peace, ceasefire or diplomacy appear problematic in this light. The need to articulate normative principles orienting negotiations with morally acceptable results becomes apparent, as they both justify the use of effective military means of empathetic solidarity and limit the dangers of an unchecked militarization and bellicose attitudes in this conflict
Democracy · Dictatorship · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Geopolitics · Ideology · Lifeworld · Militarization · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Philosophy · Political Theology and Sovereignty · War, Ethics, and Justification
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Democracy or dictatorship? The moral call to defend Ukraine by Hans-Herbert Kögler
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |