War Is All around Us

• Authors: Daneš Jaroslav
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In my review of the book Our Ancient Wars: Rethinking War through the Classics I focus on some methodological and theoretical problems in the field of political philosophy and historical studies. My first critical point pertains to van Wees’s attempt at historicizing genocide and its failings. In the second critical exposition I question Meineck and Sherman’s approach to ancient Greek sources concerning the PTSD or CSI. Finally, I address some methodological deficiencies in Saxonhouse’s application of the billiard ball theory to the issue of responsibility in international relations and democratic accountability. Despite the several critical comments, my evaluation of the book under review turns out to be highly positive.

Keywords

EN

War; Injury; Reception Studies; Ancient Greek and Roman Literature

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY
• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS
• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Eirene. Studia Graeca et Latina
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 359-375

Contributors

author

Daneš Jaroslav

• Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Klassische Philologie, An der Universität 5, 96047 Bamberg, Germany