War in Social Thought: Hobbes to the Present

by Hans Joas, Wolfgang Kn Bl, Wolfgang Knöbl

This book, the first of its kind, provides a sweeping critical history of social theories about war and peace from Hobbes to the present. Distinguished social theorists Hans Joas and Wolfgang Kn bl present both a broad intellectual history and an original argument as they trace the development of thinking about war over more than 350 years--from the premodern era to the period of German idealism and the Scottish and French enlightenments, and then...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691150842
• ISBN13: 9780691150840
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"