War of position replaced war of movement in modern democratic politics

Evidence

“Should we turn the expression around, then, and say that politics is war pursued by other means? H we still wish to maintain a separation between war and politics, perhaps we should postulate rather that this multiplicity of force relations can be coded— in part but never totally—either in the form of ‘war’ or in the forms of ‘politics’; this would imply two different strategies (but the one always liable to switch into the other) for integrating these unbalanced, heterogeneous, uastable, and tense force relations."" wa — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 296 (#expands, via linked claim)

So you see, with analyses like this we obviously have, first, the elimination of war’s function as an analyzer of historico-political processes, or at least its strict curtailment. War is now no more than an ephemeral and instrumental aspect of confrontations which are not of a warlike nature. Second, the essential element is no longer the relationship of domination that exists between one nation and another or one group and another; the fundamental relationship is the State. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 251 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Pan-movements’ naming as movements exploited widespread distrust of parties; State-led reform and national wars dominate the formation of modern states; Passive revolution is the political form of a war of position (+5 more)

Related

• The overall balance of forces imposes the form of war (similarity 0.90)
• Passive revolution is the political form of a war of position (similarity 0.89)
• War and politics are two codings of the same force relations (similarity 0.84)
• The State-model history subordinates war and domination to the State. (similarity 0.83)
• State-led reform and national wars dominate the formation of modern states (similarity 0.83)
• Foucault proposed war as the model for understanding political power (similarity 0.79)
• Gramsci distinguishes one-off ‘war of manoeuvre’ from long-term ‘war of position’ (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• War and politics are two codings of the same force relations #expands (0.80) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 296
• The State-model history subordinates war and domination to the State. #complicates (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 251
• The overall balance of forces imposes the form of war #qualifies (0.75)