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The Quest for Peace: Three Moral Traditions in Western Cultural History
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Quest for Peace: Three Moral Traditions in Western Cultural History
Contributors:
By (Author) James Turner Johnson
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
30th May 2017
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
European history
Dewey:
172.4209
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
328
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
624g
Description
James Turner Johnson goes beyond the examination of moral restraints on the occasion and conduct of war to a critical study of the moral thinking that has aimed at its prevention. This scrutiny of the peace issue" in Western society covers nearly two thousand years of history and three traditions of the search for peace: the just war tradition of s
