Theorizing War : From Hobbes to Badiou /

War is always defined in relation to something else: peace, society, civilisation, friendship or love. What is the relationship between war and its 'other'? Are they opposites or versions of one another? This book surveys four hundred years of thinking about the definition of war, from Hob...

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Main Author:	Mansfield, Nick (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:	History. Ethics. History of Military. Intellectual Studies. Military and Defence Studies. Performing Arts. Social Philosophy. Intellectual life > History. Military history. Performing arts. Politics and war. Social sciences > Philosophy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	War is always defined in relation to something else: peace, society, civilisation, friendship or love. What is the relationship between war and its 'other'? Are they opposites or versions of one another? This book surveys four hundred years of thinking about the definition of war, from Hobbes and Clausewitz to Badiou and Žižek.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (VIII, 174 pages)
ISBN:	9780230234949
DOI:	10.1057/9780230234949