Description
The best-selling author of A Philosophy of Walking returns to address the eternal subject of human conflict Russia's invasion of Ukraine seems to many like a throwback to another age, rattling Europe with memories of past horrors. But since the end of the Second World War there has not been a single day without armed conflict somewhere in the world. Drawing on the great political philosophers, from Plato to Marx, via Machiavelli and Hobbes, Frédéric Gros attempts to answer the age-old questions regarding humanity's propensity to wage war: What is a just war? What moral constraints operate on the combatants? Does the state make war or does war make the state? Finally, after exploring the meaning and the spectre of total war, he tackles the ultimate question: Why war?
Author: Gros
Publisher: Verso
Published: 01/13/2026
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781804296028
ISBN10: 1804296023
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Political
- Political Science | Genocide & War Crimes
- Philosophy | Criticism
Author: Gros
Publisher: Verso
Published: 01/13/2026
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781804296028
ISBN10: 1804296023
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Political
- Political Science | Genocide & War Crimes
- Philosophy | Criticism
About the Author
Frédéric Gros is both philosopher and writer. In France, he was the leading editor of Michel Foucault's works and lectures. He teaches political humanities at Sciences-po Paris. His first major success was a book on walking (A Philosophy of Walking), translated into some twenty languages.