Philosophy of Force - Violence, Domination, and the Ethics of Republican War

About the author

Christopher J Finlay is Professor in Political Theory at Durham University where is also currently the Head of the School of Government and International Affairs. After growing up in Northern Ireland, he was educated at Trinity College Dublin. He taught at University College Dublin and the University of Birmingham before taking up a chair at Durham in 2017. From 2010 to 2011, he was British Academy Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellow, and he held a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship, 2017-2019. He has written widely, particularly on the theme of violence in political philosophy and international political theory.

Summary

The Philosophy of Force presents a highly original, republican theory of just war. Taking its inspiration from historic wars against slavery and colonialism, it offers an account of the ethics of defensive violence shaped around the perspective of those oppressed by empire and other forms of social and political domination.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher J Finlay, Christopher J (Professor in Political Theo Finlay
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.07.2025
• EAN: 9780198864363
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886436-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Political science & theory, Warfare and defence, Political science and theory