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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151740103321

Titolo

The question of peace in modern political thought / / Toivo Koivukoski and David Edward Tabachnick, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ontario : , : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, , 2014

Ottawa, Ontario : , : Canadian Electronic Library, , 2015

ISBN

1-77112-077-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

Laurier studies in political philosophy series

Disciplina

172/.42

Soggetti

Peace (Philosophy)

Political science - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Transition to modernity: the place of God and myth -- Modern definitions of peace: state and law as means to peace -- Late-modern critiques of the security of states as approximation of peace.

Sommario/riassunto

The essays in The Question of Peace in Modern Political Thought address the contribution that political theories of modern political philosophers have made to our understandings of peace. The discipline of peace research has reached a critical impasse, where the ideas of both "realist peace" and "democratic peace" are challenged by contemporary world events. Can we stand by while dictators violate the human rights of citizens? Can we impose a democratic peace through the projection of war? By looking back at the great works of political philosophy, this collection hopes to revive peace as an active question for political philosophy while making an original contribution to contemporary peace research and international relations.