{"product_id":"a-philosophy-of-war-isbn-9781804296028","title":"A Philosophy of War","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eA Philosophy of Walking \u003c\/i\u003ereturns to address the eternal subject of human conflict\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRussia’s invasion of Ukraine seems to many like a throwback to another age, rattling Europe with memories of past horrors. But since the end of the Second World War there has not been a single day without armed conflict somewhere in the world. Drawing on the great political philosophers, from Plato to Marx, via Machiavelli and Hobbes, Frédéric Gros attempts to answer the age-old questions regarding humanity’s propensity to wage war: What is a just war? What moral constraints operate on the combatants? Does the state make war or does war make the state? Finally, after exploring the meaning and the spectre of total war, he tackles the ultimate question: Why war?Introduction: This Time, It Really is War\u003cbr\u003e1 Really a ‘Return’ of War?\u003cbr\u003e2 Heroism and Barbarism\u003cbr\u003e3 What is a ‘Just’ War?\u003cbr\u003e4 The State Makes War and War Makes the State\u003cbr\u003e5 The Idea of Total War\u003cbr\u003e6 Why War?\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: And War for the Sake of What Peace…\u003cbr\u003eIndex\"A brilliant essay.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLire-Magazine littéraire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In 162 pages as clear as they are dense, Gros in the lineage of Raymond Aron, untangles this mystery of the dark side of humanity.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLe Point\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Masterful.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNice Matin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An accessible essay that asks questions as crucial as they are dizzying.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMarianne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A beautiful philosophical lesson.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Psychologies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Have history’s most devastating conflicts taught us nothing? Philosopher Gros mines the writings of thinkers ancient and modern to discern the root of mankind’s insatiable urge to conquer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFrédéric Gros is both philosopher and writer. In France, he was the leading editor of Michel Foucault's works and lectures. He teaches political humanities at Sciences-po Paris. His first major success was a book on walking (\u003ci\u003eA Philosophy of Walking\u003c\/i\u003e), translated into some twenty languages.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48232894202085,"sku":"NP9781804296028","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781804296028.jpg?v=1767720700","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-philosophy-of-war-isbn-9781804296028","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}