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2024Friday 27th SeptemberPanel 7Warhammer 40k

In the grim darkness of the far future there is only politics? Warhammer 40k for a school-based look at Carl Schmitt’s unfolding concept of the political

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Abstract The universe of Warhammer 40k seems to have reached the stage in the permanent war for pure survival that Carl Schmitt would understand as a completely political world. Friend and foe can be clearly distinguished as a dichotomy inherent in politics. The distinction is clear, even clearer than in the Middle Ages, armour, weapon …

2024Friday 27th SeptemberPanel 7Warhammer 40k

Resistance is Futile – The Procedural Rhetoric of Rebellion (or the lack thereof) in the face of Fascist Caricature in Warhammer 40.000

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Abstract The humans that inhabit the grim future of the 42nd Millennium live under oppression so dire it borders the comical. Indeed, the level of ‘grim dark’ terror and repression that Imperial citizens are subjected to is commonly understood to be satire of existing repressive ideologies. It follows then, that the Imperium is in a …

2024Friday 27th SeptemberPanel 7Warhammer 40k

War, Power, and Survival in Theory and Fiction: Realist Theories of International Relations and Fundamental Tropes in the Lore of Warhammer 40k

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Abstract The struggle for power between states to ensure survival and other vital interests is a foundational component of realism, the oldest and most influential theoretical paradigm in the study of international relations (IR). Currently, academics and scholars alike are fiercely debating the merit of realist arguments regarding the role of NATO policy in the …