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Intro -- Destruction in the Performative -- Foreword & Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Destruction in the Performative -- I. Language, Music, Noise -- Recognition and Disrespect: Lordship and Bondage in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit -- Hegemonic Listening and Subversive Silences: Ethical-political Imperatives -- Two Saints and the Power of the Auditive -- Acoustic Violence in Contemporary German Theatre -- II. Embodiment, Identity, Ecstasy -- Asceticism Poses a Threat: The Enactment of Voluntary Hunger -- Salomania - Trans and Trans-temporal: A Queer Archaeology of Destructiveness -- Masochistic Self-shattering between Destructiveness and Productivity -- III. Things, Spaces, Networks -- Triggering Latency Zones in Modern Society: Richard Serra's Sculptures within the Urban Setting -- Creative Destructions: Gabriel Tarde's Concept of a Passionate Economy -- Code Decay: Organizational Performance and Destructivity -- List of Contributors.

If the global focus of the new millennium could be characterized by four words, those words would be ""weapons of mass destruction."" The millennium was barely a few months old when a cruelly innovative deployment of weapons of mass destruction forever altered our course. Four jet fuel-laden hijacked passenger airliners became bombs that resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001. Within a period of minutes, the U.S. government shifted priorities and made the elimination of the threat of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) its primary focus. From a war that has cost hun

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Erasing History -- The Heart Of The Ancient World -- An Ideology Of Destruction -- Destruction In Iraq -- Destruction In Syria -- The Destruction Of Cities -- Preserving History -- Chapter Notes -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Index -- Back Cover.

This unique and timely book is a chronicle of the unrivalled political life of the late Seamus Brennan who, during a period of over 21 years (1987-2008), served as a Government minister in nine different departments. It tells the human and personal inside story of a life in Government under charles Haughey, Albert Reynolds and Bertie Ahern - the challenges, the opportunities, the difficulties, the personalities and the political battles. Author Frank Lahiffe worked closely with Seamus Brennan as a Government adviser throughout the 21 years, having been appointed as his adviser by successive Governments in a record which is unique regarding time served as well as the number of departments. The book draws on the many conversations Frank and Seamus had, and includes personal records, media commentary and published accounts, along with personal recollections from a number of close friends and colleagues who shared the political life of seamus Brennan while he was serving the people of Ireland, his constituency of Dublin South and his political party, Fianna Fail. With numerous photographs, some of which have never before been published, including ones from Seamus's childhood and early life, this is an affectionate portrait of a man hailed by friend and foe alike as a "master politician". As Shane Coleman of the Sunday Tribune said of Seamus Brennan, "Ireland was lucky to have such a man - talented, hard-working and honourable - this country deserves more politicians like Seamus Brennan". Part of the Global Issues series, Weapons of Mass Destruction is designed to be a first-stop resource for research on a key challenge facing the world today. Each volume in the series contains three sections, beginning with an introduction that clearly defines the issue, followed by detailed case studies of the issue's affect in the United States and several other