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TL;DR: In this article , Cécile Fabre's rich and stimulating book opens up this novel terrain and is sure to be the leading work on this topic for some time, and the reader is rewarded with a philosophical investigation more readable than the usual fare.
Abstract: This excellent book shines a bright light on the dark arts. Though philosophers have had much to say about the ethics of overt foreign policy, surprisingly little work considers the under-the-table methods of spying and subterfuge that underpin those policies. Cécile Fabre’s rich and stimulating book opens up this novel terrain and is sure to be the leading work on this topic for some time. One of the book’s central virtues is Fabre’s ability to connect specific issues in the ethics of espionage to more general topics in moral and political philosophy, and to show how reflection on the former can shed new light on the latter. So even if you may not be interested in the secret service, the secret service may be interested in you. The book is also marked by Fabre’s characteristic blend of rigorous philosophical argument and engagement with empirical and historical sources (not to mention spy novels, films, and TV shows). Fabre clearly enjoyed researching the book and the reader is rewarded with a philosophical investigation more readable than the usual fare. I highly recommend it.
TL;DR: In this article , the authors present their analysis of the manual blue-collar workforce of the central Indian steel town of Bhilai as sharply divided between two "classes of labour" with separate and sometimes antagonistic interests.
Abstract: The paragraphs that follow respond to some of the criticisms and comments that the contributors to this forum have made on my book. Many of these revolve around the central issue of social class and around my analysis of the manual blue-collar workforce of the central Indian steel town of Bhilai as sharply divided between two 'classes of labour' with separate and sometimes antagonistic interests. Some earlier commentaries on this argument had been sceptical, and many of the observations made here invoke much the same issues. In the first part of this response, I attempt to summarize my central argument about the class structure, the main criticisms of it, and my earlier attempts to answer these. The second part responds directly to the observations and comments made by those who have so generously participated in the present discussion.