ISBN:
9781400844746
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1400844746
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (337 p.)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.6/6
Keywords:
Sociology History
;
19th century
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Sociology History
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20th century
;
War and society
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Sociology History 20th century
;
Sociology History 19th century
;
Sociology - History - 19th century
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Sociology - History - 20th century
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War and society
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PHILOSOPHY ; General
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Sociology
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Peace
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History
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Electronic books
;
Electronic books History
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
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 Knöbl 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 from the birth of sociology in the nineteenth century through the twentieth century. While focusing on social thought, the book draws on many dis
Note:
Description based upon print version of record. - Includes bibliographical references and indexes
