Just War and International Order - The Uncivil Condition in World Politics

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Rengger is Professor of Political Theory and International Relations at the University of St Andrews. His scholarly interests range across political theory and international relations and include philosophy, intellectual history and contemporary philosophical and political theology. He has published in all of these areas and his recent publications include Critical International Relations Theory after 25 Years (edited with Tristram Benedict Thirkell-White, Cambridge University Press, 2007) and Evaluating Global Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2011). Klappentext Argues the just war tradition, rather than being a restraint on war, has expanded its scope, and criticises this trend. Zusammenfassung A new account of the contemporary just war tradition! its roots and its relationship to wider aspects of the history of political thought. In a provocative and trenchant critique! Nicholas Rengger argues that the just war tradition! rather than being a restraint on war! has expanded its scope. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Disordered world; 2. War music: social imaginaries of war in the modern age; 3. Just war: ambiguous tradition; 4. Force for good?; 5. Supreme emergency; Epilogue: a choice not a destiny.

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• Authors: N. J. Rengger, Nicholas Rengger, Nicholas (University of St Andrews Rengger, Nicholas John Rengger, Rengger Nicholas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.04.2013
• EAN: 9781107644748
• ISBN: 978-1-107-64474-8
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History of Ideas, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory