The Future of War: The Re-Enchantment of War in the Twenty-First Century (Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos)

In this book, Professor Christopher Coker presents an original and controversial thesis about the future of war.* Argues that the biotechnology revolution has given war a new lease of life. * Draws on thinkers from Hegel and Nietzsche to the postmodernists. * Refers to modern fiction and films. * Part of the prestigious Blackwell Manifestos series. Content: Chapter 1 The Re?Enchantment of War (pages 1–45): Chapter 2 The Warrior of the Future: Memes or Genes? (pages 46–79): Chapter 3 Towards Post?Human Warfare (pages 80–109): Chapter 4 Beyond the Death Threshold (pages 110–129): Chapter 5 The Death of Sacrifice (pages 130–138): Chapter 6 To Be Concluded? (pages 139–142): Coker offers a new & provocative thesis about the future of war, arguing that biotechnology has provided the institution with a new lease of life. Most commentators propose a nightmare vision of future warfare: a battlefield of drones and robots with no place for human intuition or will. In this book Professor Christopher Coker presents a new and radically different view. New technology will free the warrior from the mass slaughterhouse of twentieth century warfare, and soldiers will once again find their humanity on the field of battle

In this book, Professor Christopher Coker presents an original and controversial thesis about the future of war.

• Argues that the biotechnology revolution has given war a new lease of life.


• Draws on thinkers from Hegel and Nietzsche to the postmodernists.


• Refers to modern fiction and films.


• Part of the prestigious Blackwell Manifestos series.

Where else to start but with that most symbolic event of an age, a paean to progress and, above all, the idea of Progress, the Great Exhibition of 1851.