War in international thought

by Bartelson, Jens

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Full title :War in international thought / Jens Bartelson

Summary

Preface -- Towards a historical ontology of war -- The state of war -- Fortifying the state -- Wars of law, laws of war -- Conclusion: the return of the repressed? -- Bibliography

As scholars and citizens, we are predisposed to think of war as a profoundly destructive activity that ideally should be abolished altogether. Yet before the twentieth century, war was widely understood as a productive force in human affairs that should be harnessed for the purposes of creating peace and order. Analyzing how the concept of war has been used in different contexts from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth century, Jens Bartelson addresses this transition by inquiring into the underlying and often unspoken assumptions about the nature of war, and how these have shaped our understanding of the modern political world and the role of war within it. He explores its functions in the process of state making and in the creation of the modern international system to bring the argument up to date to the present day, where war is now on the centre stage of world politics

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2018

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The Physical Object

Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 241 Seiten) : PDF file(Seiten)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781108297707, 1108297706, 9781108419352, 1108419356, 9781108410496, 1108410499
DOI:10.1017/9781108297707
oclc:on1017751983
LC Classification:HM554
Dewey Decimal:172/.42

Subjects

Culture stratégique Guerre (Philosophie) Guerre et société -- Histoire History Strategic culture War (Philosophy) War and society War and society -- History