La guerra contemporanea fra realtà e metafora: Riflessioni a partire da Gastone Breccia, Missione fallita. La sconfitta dell’Occidente in Afghanistan

In the last two years, one of the few events that seemed to be able to distract Italian media’s constant attention from the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic evolution has been the end of Western countries’ military involvement in Afghanistan 20 years after its beginning. Taking a cue from the analysis of the Afg...

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Source:Jura Gentium: Rivista di filosofia del diritto internazionale e della politica globale, ISSN 1826-8269, Vol. 19, Nº. 2, 2022, pags. 219-245
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dialnet-ar-18-ART00015903352023-04-14La guerra contemporanea fra realtà e metafora: Riflessioni a partire da Gastone Breccia, Missione fallita. La sconfitta dell’Occidente in AfghanistanBiondi, PaoloAfghanistanCovid-19warmetaphorpandemicIn the last two years, one of the few events that seemed to be able to distract Italian media’s constant attention from the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic evolution has been the end of Western countries’ military involvement in Afghanistan 20 years after its beginning. Taking a cue from the analysis of the Afghanistan War proposed by the military historian Gastone Breccia in his most recent book, the following article tries to reflect on the idea that the conflict and its management had brought to the fore a renovated meaning that the concept of “war” is assuming in Western contemporary culture. The article also tries to highlight that more work is needed to understand the highly deplored, but at the same time highly appealing, use of the so called “war metaphor” with reference to the Covid-19 pandemic.2022text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8887079(Revista) ISSN 1826-8269Jura Gentium: Rivista di filosofia del diritto internazionale e della politica globale, ISSN 1826-8269, Vol. 19, Nº. 2, 2022, pags. 219-245itaLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI
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La guerra contemporanea fra realtà e metafora: Riflessioni a partire da Gastone Breccia, Missione fallita. La sconfitta dell’Occidente in Afghanistan
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In the last two years, one of the few events that seemed to be able to distract Italian media’s constant attention from the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic evolution has been the end of Western countries’ military involvement in Afghanistan 20 years after its beginning. Taking a cue from the analysis of the Afghanistan War proposed by the military historian Gastone Breccia in his most recent book, the following article tries to reflect on the idea that the conflict and its management had brought to the fore a renovated meaning that the concept of “war” is assuming in Western contemporary culture. The article also tries to highlight that more work is needed to understand the highly deplored, but at the same time highly appealing, use of the so called “war metaphor” with reference to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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La guerra contemporanea fra realtà e metafora: Riflessioni a partire da Gastone Breccia, Missione fallita. La sconfitta dell’Occidente in Afghanistan
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La guerra contemporanea fra realtà e metafora: Riflessioni a partire da Gastone Breccia, Missione fallita. La sconfitta dell’Occidente in Afghanistan
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La guerra contemporanea fra realtà e metafora: Riflessioni a partire da Gastone Breccia, Missione fallita. La sconfitta dell’Occidente in Afghanistan
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La guerra contemporanea fra realtà e metafora: Riflessioni a partire da Gastone Breccia, Missione fallita. La sconfitta dell’Occidente in Afghanistan
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La guerra contemporanea fra realtà e metafora: Riflessioni a partire da Gastone Breccia, Missione fallita. La sconfitta dell’Occidente in Afghanistan
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la guerra contemporanea fra realtà e metafora: riflessioni a partire da gastone breccia, missione fallita. la sconfitta dell’occidente in afghanistan
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