Monographie

From war to peace / Janine Chanteur ; translated by Shirley Ann Weisz

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • From war to peace / Janine Chanteur ; translated by Shirley Ann Weisz
A pour autre édition sur un support différent
  • Chanteur, Janine. From war to peace. Boulder : Westview Press, 1992
Auteur(s)
Publication
  • Boulder : Westview Press, 1992
Description matérielle
  • 1 volume (xi, 291 pages) ; 23 cm
ISBN
  • 0-8133-1257-4
  • 978-0-8133-1257-6
  • 0-8133-1258-2
  • 978-0-8133-1258-3
Titre conventionnel
  • [De la guerre à la paix. English.]
Note(s)
  • Translation of: De la guerre à la paix
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliographie (pages 251-277). Index.
Résumé ou extrait
  • What are the fundamental causes of war, and why does war seem so firmly rooted in human experience? After tracing the answers to these questions to biblical accounts of the genesis of the sexes and to Plato's conception of the united self, Professor Chanteur explores the failures of modern political theory to come to terms with the warlike nature of the human species. Examining the thought of Machiavelli, Hobbes, Hegel, Nietzsche, La Boetie, Rousseau, Kant, and Marx, she finds that while there is of course a strong tradition of deploring war, many have also seen it as inevitable or even useful. Ultimately, she argues, the hope for peace lies in rediscovering a neglected aspect of human ontology: Human beings are both men and women. It is the failed dialogue between these two aspects of the complete human species that leads to the fear and suspicion of the "other" that so typifies the warlike instinct. Combining political theory, gender analysis, and human psychology, From War to Peace constitutes a brilliant contribution to all these fields and is essential reading for scholars of war, peace, and human society
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