War Is Hell

Charles Douglas Lummis

doi:10.5771/9781538174227

War Is Hell

Studies in the Right of Legitimate Violence

Published 2023

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doi.org/10.5771/9781538174227
ISBN print: 978-1-5381-7420-3
ISBN online: 978-1-5381-7422-7
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Zusammenfassung

War is Hell is a study of the philosophy of war and peace, ranging critically from ancient peace thinking to today. The author uses a Socratic method, focused on political philosophy rather than on cultural or psychological aspects of war and peace making. The book is not a treatise on ethics, but rather an analysis of some aspects of the nature of war and peace.

This book is a study of war – and by extension, peace – from the standpoint of political theory. For all those who think there is too much war, and to deal with that we need to search for new ways of thinking.

Schlagworte

social justice Violence peace conflict resolution Peace Studies Military History Nonviolence War Studies Pacificism War and Peace

Keywords

human rights critical theory

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i–xviii Preface i–xviii
1–12 Chapter 1 Peace as the Original Position 1–12
13–28 Chapter 2 The Violent State 13–28
29–42 Chapter 3 Godlike Violence 29–42
43–56 Chapter 4 Distance and Distance-Collapse 43–56
57–70 Chapter 5 (Just) War Is Hell: Part I 57–70
71–86 Chapter 6 A Container for a Universal Solvent: (Just) War Is Hell: Part II 71–86
87–102 Chapter 7 The Ecstasy of War? 87–102
103–122 Chapter 8 SuperLeviathan: A Peaceful Use of Hell? 103–122
123–136 Chapter 9 SuperLeviathan Now 123–136
137–148 Chapter 10 Japan’s Impossible Constitution 137–148
149–168 Chapter 11 Article 9 Meets Humpty Dumpty 149–168
169–200 Chapter 12 Commonsense Peace 169–200
201–210 Chapter 13 Final Rumination 201–210
211–216 Appendix 211–216
217–222 Bibliography 217–222
223–232 Index 223–232
233–234 World Social Change 233–234

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