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oapen-20.500.12657-257712022-12-02T02:13:17Z War and Peace in the Western Political Imagination Manning, Roger B. History Military History War and Peace Classical History 18th Century History Political Philosophy bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBW Military history 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. 2019-03-08 23:55 2020-03-14 03:00:35 2020-04-01T10:48:57Z 2020-04-01T10:48:57Z 2016 book 1004317 OCN: 1100534501 9781474258708, 9781474258692 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/25771 eng application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781474258722.pdf 9781474258715.epub Bloomsbury Academic 10.5040/9781474258739 102558 10.5040/9781474258739 066d8288-86e4-4745-ad2c-4fa54a6b9b7b b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781474258708, 9781474258692 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) London 102558 KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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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.
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