War in International Thought

Klappentext Describes how assumptions about the nature of war have shaped our understanding of the modern world and the role of war within it. Zusammenfassung A philosophical and historical inquiry into the meaning of war in international thought; how assumptions about the nature of war have shaped our understanding of the modern world and the role of war within it. It will be of interest to scholars and students of international relations! international law! intellectual history and political theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Autorentext

Jens Bartelson is Professor of Political Science at Lunds Universitet, Sweden. He is the author of Visions of World Community (Cambridge, 2009), The Critique of the State (Cambridge, 2001), A Genealogy of Sovereignty (Cambridge, 1995), as well as of articles in leading journals in international relations, international law, political theory, and sociology.

Zusammenfassung
A philosophical and historical inquiry into the meaning of war in international thought; how assumptions about the nature of war have shaped our understanding of the modern world and the role of war within it. It will be of interest to scholars and students of international relations, international law, intellectual history and political theory.

Inhalt

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.