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Book SynopsisFrom the concrete experience of war, Michael S. Yandell constructs a phenomenology of “negative revelation” in which false or distorted claims of goodness and justice disintegrate, becoming meaningless. Yandell argues that the disintegration of meaning in war is itself a meaningful experience; “revealing” comes to signify the presence of goodness and justice through the profound experience of their absence. The heart of this work adds a layer of complexity or depth to the term “moral injury” as a negative revelation. Yandell emphasizes the context and logic of war itself beyond the actions of individuals, paying specific attention to the U.S. led Global War on Terror. Moral injury as a negative revelation is a disintegration of false normative claims of goodness and justice, as well as a disintegration of one’s sense of self oriented toward those normative claims. This disintegration is prompted by the recognition of life in the midst of war’s diminishment of life.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Anti-life: The Logic of War
Chapter 2: Domination as Freedom: Anti-life and Global War
Chapter 3: Moral Injury as Negative Revelation, Part I
Chapter 4: Moral Injury as Negative Revelation Part II:
Chapter 5: Negative Revelation and Turning to Life
