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The Problem of War and Peace: а Historical and Philosophical Analysis
The Problem of War and Peace: а Historical and Philosophical Analysis

Author(s): Oleg Bazaluk
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Ancient Philosphy, Philosophy of Religion, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Международное философско-космологическое общество
Keywords: problem of “war”; problem of “peace”; category of good; category of evil; theories of international relations; Democritus’ line; Plato’s line; Thucydides;

Summary/Abstract: Many different views on the problem of “war” and “peace” were substantively explored for several millennia. From our point of view, the theoretical and empirical basis of “war” and “peace” was made up principally from research in three areas: (1) Religion, ethics, philosophy and psychology, as comprehension of the normative-evaluative categories of good and evil; (2) Philosophy, political science, sociology and jurisprudence, in the theories of international relations; (3) History, fiction as well as documentary, memoir, reference, technical literature on the subject of “war” and “peace.” For such a significant amount of time, there was a wealth of factual and theoretical material accumulated in each of the three areas of research, which highlights the problem of “war” and “peace” in all variety of its meanings. To understand the scope of coverage and a range of research on the problem of “war” and “peace,” as well as the level of achievements in this field, let us briefly examine the history of “war” and “peace” in each of these three areas, proposed by us.

  • Issue Year: 18/2017
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 85-103
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English