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War and Peace in the Western Political Imagination

War and Peace in the Western Political Imagination Books

War and Peace in the Western Political Imagination

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This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. The study of war in all periods of prehistory and recorded history has always commanded the attention of historians, dramatists, poets and artists. The study of peace has, however, not yet gained a comparable readership, and the subject is attracting an increasing amount of scholarly research. This volume presents the first work of academic research to tackle this imbalance head on. It looks at war and peace through the ages, from the Classical world through to the 18th century. It considers the nature and advocacy of war and peace both from an historical perspective but also a philosophical one, particularly looking at how universal peace, which began as a personal philosophy, became over the centuries a political philosophy that underpins much of modern society's attitudes towards warfare and militarism. Roger Manning begins his journey through history by looking at the Greek martial ethos and philosophical concepts of peace and war in the ancient world; moving through the Roman empire's military advances, he explores the concepts of war and peace in the medieval world and the Renaissance, with the writing of Machiavelli and Erasmus; finally, his account of the search for a science of peace in the 17th and 18th centuries brings the book to its conclusion.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
392
Release Date:
2016-03-10
Publication Date:
2016-03-10
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1474258700
ISBN13:
9781474258708
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
752 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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