Marinoff, Lou, Ph.D.

On Human Conflict

The Philosophical Foundations of War and Peace

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

On Human Conflict excavates the philosophical foundations of war and peace in order to determine whether wars can ever be ended. It ranges over relevant mathematical models, Hobbes's natural philosophy, theories of causality, biological and cultural evolution, general systems theory, Buddhism, globalization, and futurology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 942g
• ISBN-13: 9780761871057
• ISBN-10: 0761871055
• Artikelnr.: 54604615

Autorenporträt

Lou Marinoff is professor of philosophy at The City College of New York and author of Plato Not Prozac.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Chapter Zero: Epistle to the Reader, From Grounds Zero
Chapter One: The Problem of War-An Overview Chapter Two: The Mathematics of
Conflict-War Ill-Described Chapter Three: The Hobbesian Conflict-War
Well-Described Chapter Four: The Aetiology of Conflict Chapter Five: The
Nature of Conflict Chapter Six: The Nurture of Conflict Chapter Seven: The
Study of Conflict Chapter Eight: Conclusions and Inconclusions, from Point
Omega References Index About the Author