The Last Invasion: The War in Ukraine – A Sociological Account, Based on Kant&#039;s Theory of Peace

Max Haller

doi:10.14361/9783839436042

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Edition: 1/2025
Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8376-7936-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8394-3604-2
Publisher: transcript, Bielefeld
Series: X-Texte zu Kultur und Gesellschaft
Volume: 0
Language: German
Pages: 326
Product type: Book Titles

Frontmatter Full access Pages 1 - 1
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Editorial No access Pages 2 - 4
Contents Full access Pages 5 - 8
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List of boxes, charts, photos and tables No access Pages 9 - 10
Foreword No access Pages 11 - 20
Introduction No access Pages 21 - 30
The geographical openness and vulnerability of the country No access Pages 32 - 34
The historically delayed emergence of national consciousness No access Pages 35 - 38
Tragedies in the 20th Century: World War I, Holodomor, World War IIand Holocaust No access Pages 38 - 40
The political and national development after the dissolutionof the Soviet Union No access Pages 40 - 42
The socio-economic crash during the transformation process No access Pages 42 - 47
Concluding remarks No access Pages 47 - 48
Clash of systems and cultures? No access Pages 50 - 52
Clash of systems and cultures? No access Pages 52 - 54
A historical ‘turning point’? No access Pages 54 - 56
The (neo-) realist theory of international relations No access Pages 56 - 61
A pacifist illusion in Europe? No access Pages 61 - 64
Russia as a persistent evil empire with a population submissiveto authority? No access Pages 64 - 70
Concluding remarks No access Pages 70 - 72
The historical context and the reception of Kant’s theory No access Pages 74 - 76
Prerequisites and necessary conditions for peace No access Pages 77 - 79
The class interest thesis No access Pages 79 - 80
The Democratic Peace thesis No access Pages 80 - 82
Excursus: Are democracies really more peaceful? No access Pages 82 - 83
Publicity and the moral foundation of politics No access Pages 83 - 84
Personalities as masters of war and peace No access Pages 84 - 86
Peacemaking as a discrete and permanent task No access Pages 86 - 88
Concluding remarks No access Pages 88 - 90
Understanding Putin does not mean justifying his actions or taking side with his defenders in the west No access Pages 92 - 95
Stalin as a more adequate object of comparison than Hitler No access Pages 95 - 97
Origin and career: (Not so) mysterious rise, acclaimed start, authoritarian turn No access Pages 97 - 104
The elimination of democracy: The attack on Ukraine as a preventive strike No access Pages 104 - 107
Reconstitution of the Soviet empire or Great Russian nationalism? No access Pages 107 - 111
The degradation of a grand power and its leader No access Pages 111 - 117
Concluding remarks No access Pages 117 - 118
A realistic vision to create a peaceful Europe stretching from the Atlantic to the Urals No access Pages 120 - 126
Reunification immediately – whatever the consequences elsewhere.A bull in a China shop No access Pages 126 - 129
An alliance between enemies of Russia in Europe and America No access Pages 129 - 132
Fatal splits about national identity of the Ukraine No access Pages 132 - 139
Political trench warfare among Ukrainian political elites No access Pages 139 - 141
Concluding remarks No access Pages 141 - 142
Types of wars and lessons from research on their continuationand termination No access Pages 145 - 149
How the defensive fight of the Ukrainians became also a proxy war No access Pages 149 - 155
The failures and devastating consequences of proxy wars No access Pages 155 - 160
Military build-up and support for Ukraine as an imperial interestof the USA No access Pages 160 - 165
The EU narrative: The Ukraine as defender of European values No access Pages 166 - 168
The reserved attitude of the countries of the Global South No access Pages 168 - 169
The main victims of the war: The country and the people of Ukraine No access Pages 169 - 175
Concluding remarks No access Pages 175 - 176
War until victory over the Russians! Survey results on the uncompromising attitude of the Ukrainians No access Pages 178 - 183
Fatalism, retreat to private life, courage of despair: Results from open-ended interviews No access Pages 183 - 186
Behavioural indicators for attitudes towards war No access Pages 186 - 187
How the war strengthened patriotism, support for democracy and confidence in the future No access Pages 187 - 192
Attitudes and behaviours of the elites. An outstanding president No access Pages 192 - 195
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Concluding remarks No access Pages 198 - 200
’Help us win!’ – Why there were no serious peace efforts during the First World War No access Pages 203 - 207
The failure of the peace negotiations in Minsk and its causes No access Pages 207 - 209
Current calls for peace negotiations and their defamation No access Pages 209 - 213
Necessity of negotiations in the face of the military stalemate No access Pages 213 - 217
Supply weapons or abandon Ukraine? A false alternative No access Pages 217 - 219
Eight conditions and steps for a sustainable ceasefire and peace No access Pages 219 - 231
Could Russia agree to a ceasefire and peace negotiations? No access Pages 231 - 235
Concluding remarks No access Pages 235 - 236
Final conclusions and outlook No access Pages 237 - 246
References No access Pages 247 - 274
Notes No access Pages 275 - 326