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A Hermeneutic Analysis of Military Operations in Afghanistan

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-60012-7

ISBN: 978-1-137-60281-7

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Jun 24, 2017

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Introduction

Lawless, Garrett J.; Constantineau, Philippe; Dizboni, Ali

Pages: 1 –3

[The introduction presents authors’ overall outlook on the topic, their preoccupations and early observations. The key assumption is that current methodologies are not entirely adequate in explaining the challenges of the nation building and hermeneutical analysis is suggested as a promising...
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A Very Brief History of Afghanistan

Lawless, Garrett J.; Constantineau, Philippe; Dizboni, Ali

Pages: 5 –11

[This chapter surveys Afghanistan’s political history from 1748 to NATO’s military intervention in 2001. The chapter describes the regional, geopolitical and social factors underlying the country’s lack of a stable, inclusive central government and concludes with a discussion of factors which...
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The Issue of Culture

Lawless, Garrett J.; Constantineau, Philippe; Dizboni, Ali

Pages: 13 –27

[This chapter examines the linkage between cultural factors and the (in)efficiency of nation-building operations in Afghanistan. The chapter surveys academic approaches to culture and identifies shortcomings in the theoretical propositions thus far advanced in this regard by anthropology, systems...
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From Philosophical Hermeneutics to Hermeneutical Philosophy

Lawless, Garrett J.; Constantineau, Philippe; Dizboni, Ali

Pages: 29 –37

[The chapter examines the importance of hermeneutics both as a method and a branch of philosophy, namely the one which is concerned with the principles and rules that ought to govern interpretation. It also presents a brief history of the concept of hermeneutics since its classical Greek...
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Philosophical Hermeneutics and Hermeneutic Philosophy

Lawless, Garrett J.; Constantineau, Philippe; Dizboni, Ali

Pages: 39 –56

[Philosophical hermeneutics pursues two broad questions that are fundamental to any efforts to transform a society. The first focuses on the culture of individuals within a society i.e., how does a person interpret the world around them and how this, in turn, affects the manner in which they come...
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Applications

Lawless, Garrett J.; Constantineau, Philippe; Dizboni, Ali

Pages: 57 –63

[This chapter details the shortcomings of current cultural approaches toward defense operations and explores the benefits of hermeneutical thinking in assessing the possibility of transforming cultures through military intervention (as shown in the case of Afghanistan). It notes that the very...
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Conclusion

Lawless, Garrett J.; Constantineau, Philippe; Dizboni, Ali

Pages: 65 –72

[Many topics have been covered in this work, so it is perhaps necessary to review some of the major points before providing any specific recommendations about how to apply this material. Presently, the approach taken by Western coalitions occupying failed states has been to attempt to modify the...

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