Ideology, Reason, and the Limitation of War: Religious and Secular Concepts, 1200-1740

Hardback

Main Details

Title Ideology, Reason, and the Limitation of War: Religious and Secular Concepts, 1200-1740
Authors and Contributors      By (author) James Turner Johnson
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:304
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreHumanist and secular alternatives to religion
ISBN/Barcode 9780691645018
ClassificationsDewey:241.6242
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

The fundamental aims of this book are two: to explore the interaction between religion and secular society in the formation as well as the dissolution of just war doctrine; and to investigate just war doctrine as an ideological pattern of thought, expressive of a greater ideology. The author reconstructs the development of classic just war doctrine