A Philosophy of War Why We Fight

SKU: 9781804296028
A Philosophy of War Why We Fight by Frédéric Gros

A Philosophy of War Why We Fight

SKU: 9781804296028
Author: Frédéric Gros
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War - what is it good for? The best-selling author of A Philosophy of Walking, Frédéric Gros returns with a book on this highly topical subject. According to one wag, war ‘died in Hiroshima’ more than half a century ago. And yet it has never gone away. When Russia invaded Ukraine, they said, it's the return of real war, with its atrocities, its horrors, its violence. But what is a real war? Was the violence we had been witnessing in of the war on terror, the implosion of Yugoslavia, Israel's destruction in the Middle East, or the war on women not real war? By calling on the great political philosophers, from Plato to Marx, via Machiavelli and Hobbes, this book attempts to answer this question, along with a series of others: what is a just war? What moral forces are involved in a conflict? Does the state make war, or does war make the state? Finally, after exploring the meanings and stakes of the spectre of ‘total’ war, he tackles the ultimate question: why war?

Book details

Format
Hardback
Reading age
18+
Pages
112
Publisher
Verso Books
Published
13 January 2026
Language
English
ISBN
9781804296028

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