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- Title
Drone Enlightenment: The Colonial Roots of Modern Warfare by Peter DeGabriele (review).
- Authors
MacDonnell, Kevin
- Abstract
Peter DeGabriele's book, "Drone Enlightenment: The Colonial Roots of Modern Warfare," argues that the use of drones by the Obama administration is consistent with Enlightenment thought. DeGabriele explores major Enlightenment texts on sovereignty, colonization, and human geography to show that drone strikes are a legacy of Enlightenment ideas. He challenges the notion that drone warfare contradicts liberal democratic principles, instead framing it as a necessary feature of Enlightenment thought. DeGabriele's interdisciplinary and transhistorical study provides a new perspective on the Enlightenment and its influence on contemporary politics.
- Subjects
POLITICAL philosophy; DRONE warfare; LEGISLATIVE oversight; SOVEREIGNTY; MODERN philosophy
- Publication
Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2024, Vol 57, Issue 4, p578
- ISSN
0013-2586
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/ecs.2024.a931707