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War in International Thought

Paperback Engels 2017 9781108410496
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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.

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ISBN13:9781108410496
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:248

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Preface; 1. Towards a historical ontology of war; 2. The state of war; 3. Fortifying the state; 4. Wars of law, laws of war; Conclusion: the return of the repressed?; Bibliography.

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