Philosophers of Peace and War: Kant, Clausewitz, Marx, Engles and Tolstoy (The Wiles Lectures) – W. B. Gallie Betaalbaar

Intellectual eminence apart, what did Kant, Clausewitz, Marx and Engels, and Tolstoy have in common? Professor Gallic argues that they made contributions to ‘international theory’ – to the understanding of the character and causes of war and of the possibility of peace between nations – which were of unrivalled originality in their own times and remain of undiminished importance in ours. But these contributions have been either ignored or much misunderstood ; chiefly because, as with all intellectual effor…