The Art of War
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 34
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Episode description
What is the one single basic principle of all war strategy?
The answer is given from readings of René Girard's mimetic theory together with Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and the Bible. I suggest how to apply it in modern life.
Also, there is a discussion of military history and how war changed through to modern times. Were Sun Tzu and Machiavelli cynics? Were European aristocrats who shot each other in pistol duels idiots? How did Napoleon influence modern warfare?
Are Gospels pacifist in the strict sense? Was René Girard a pacifist?
Listen to find out.
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