A Philosophy of War

Resumen del libro

Russia'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?

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Frédéric Grosx{0026}lt;/B es profesor de filosofía en la Universidad Paris-XII. Ha trabajado ampliamente en la historia de la psiquiatría (x{0026}lt;I Création et foliex{0026}lt;/I , PUF), la filosofía de la pena (x{0026}lt;I Et ce sera justicex{0026}lt;/I , Odile Jacob) y el pensamiento occidental de la guerra (x{0026}lt;I Etats de violencex{0026}lt;/I , Gallimard). Fue también el editor de las últimas lecciones de Foucault en el Collège de France.x{0026}lt;/P