[lit-ideas] Chamberlain (Was: Sacrifice)

 
 
In a message dated 2/14/2005 1:40:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Maybe  it's that individuals [Napoleon, e.g.] make war, but nations 
[France,  Prussia, England, Russia, etc.] fight it.





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Well, it's tricky,
 
when the United Kingdom declared war on Germany, it was via UK's prime  
minister (Chamberlain). So it's was an individual (qua officer) who declared 
war  
on a COUNTRY.
 
I forget who declared war on Germany in WW1.
 
The performativity of declaring war on... requires individuals to do the  
declaring (but only in their officer-capacity) and _collective things_ as  
recipients (Chamberlain could not declare the war on Hitler, say). 

But you knew that.
 
On the other hand, when the Duke of Windsor abdicated, it was _him_.
 
Cheers,
 
JL


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