Overview
Contains ten original essays that reassess the meaning, relevance, and legacy of Michael Walzer’s classic, Just and Unjust Wars
Written by leading figures in philosophy, theology, international politics, and the military
Surveys topics such as the peacebuilding critique of just war theory
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
-Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford, and author of In Defence of War (OUP, 2013)
“There couldn’t be a better time to honor and reaffirm the importance of Michael Walzer’s groundbreaking and magisterial Just and Unjust Wars. These essays by leading scholars elucidate Walzer’s original insight, that war must be fought justly and that just war theory is not a niche discipline in either history, law, or philosophy. Walzer needs to be read and reread, critically, but never ever abandoned. This is a most fitting companion for keeping Just and Unjust Wars relevant and alive.”
-Nancy Sherman, University Professor, Georgetown University and author of Afterwar
“This is an excellent collection of interesting essays rethinking and reevaluating Walzer's highly influential work. Especially illuminating are the discussions of Walzer's assumptions, and the authors make admirable progress in understanding and confronting the moral dilemmas of going to war and conducting it.”
-Virginia Held, Distinguished Professor Emerita, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and author of How Terrorism is Wrong: Morality and Political Violence
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Mark A. Wilson is a Teaching Professor of Ethics and was previously Chair of the Returning Soldiers Project at Villanova University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Walzer and War
Book Subtitle: Reading Just and Unjust Wars Today
Editors: Graham Parsons, Mark A. Wilson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41657-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41656-0Published: 18 April 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-41659-1Published: 18 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-41657-7Published: 17 April 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 275
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Conflict Studies, International Security Studies, International Relations Theory, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict