Ovaj rad nastoji smjestiti poblem oblikovanja i odabira oružja u njegove društvene, kulturne i psihološke okvire. Osnovna pitanja koja se u radu postavljaju jesu: može li odabir oružja biti iracionalan i, ako može, kada on takvim postaje? Razmatranjem nekih neutilitarnih faktora koji, ovisno o kontekstu, imaju veći ili manji utjecaj na odabir oružja, oslikava se kompleksnost problema i pokušava se izbjeći nekritičko pridijevanje pojma “iracionalno”. Na temelju brojnih povijesnih primjera i nekih već postojećih razmatranja daje se pozitivan odgovor na postavljeno pitanje. Odabir oružja postaje iracionalan kada zahtjevi koji bi trebali biti sporedni (primjerice estetski) dobiju prioritet te oružje postane jednostavno neupotrebljivo.This paper tries to place the problem of creation and the choice of weapon in its social, cultural and psychological frameworks. Basic questions made in the paper are: can the choice of weapon be irrational, and if so, when does it become irrational? Consideration of some non-utilitarian factors which, depending on the context, have larger or smaller impact on the choice of weapons, portrays the complexity of the problem and tries to avoid the uncritical supplement of the term “irrational”. On the basis of numerous historical examples and some existing studies we can give the affirmative answer to the question. The choice of weapon becomes irrational when demands that should be subordinate (for example, aesthetic) have priority and, thus, the weapon becomes simply useless
