Question of Peace in Modern Political Thought

Toivo Koivukoski is an associate professor of political science at Nipissing University. His books include After the Last Man: Excurses to the Limits of the Technological System (2008) and The New Barbarism and the Modern West: Recognizing an Ethic of Difference (2014).David Edward Tabachnick is a professor of political science at Nipissing University. His research focuses on linking ancient political thought to contemporary politics and ethics. He is the author of The Great Reversal: How We Let Technology Take Control of the Planet and the co-editor of The Ancient Lessons for Global Politics book series.

"This is a strong and integrated collection of insightful, informative essays, offering a critical account of philosophical reflections on the nature and conditions of peace from early modernity to the present. The authors skilfully trace the principal themes, theoretical divergences, and abiding problems in modern notions of peace, in relation to justice, rights, and freedom." -- Douglas Moggach, University of Ottawa and University of Sydney

• The Question of Peace in Modern Political Thought, edited by Toivo Koivukoski and David Edward TabachnickForeword John GittingsIntroduction Toivo Koivukoski and David Edward TabachnickTransition to Modernity: The Place of God and Myth1 By the Grace of God: Martin Luther's Two Kingdoms Jarrett A. Carty2 A Secure and Healthy Life: Spinoza on the Prospects for Peace Paul BagleyModern Definitions of Peace: State and Law as Means to Peace3 Thomas Hobbes on the Path to Peace: Love of Glory versus Realist Foreign Policy Laurie M. Johnson4 John Locke's Liberal Path to Peace Jeffery Sikkenga5 Vattel on Morally Non-Discriminatory Peace Benjamin Holland6 In Search for Laws above Nations: Jean-Jacques Rousseau on Perpetual Peace René Paddags7 Kant, Cosmopolitan Right, and the Prospects for Global Peace Leah Bradshaw8 Hegel on Peace Mark BlitzLate-Modern Critiques of the Security of States as Approximations of Peace9 Seeking Peace in Nature: A Reading of Thoreau on Ecology and Economy Toivo Koivukoski10 Heidegger's Polemical Peace: Outer Violence for Inner Harmony David Edward Tabachnick11 The State of Exception, Divine Violence, and Peace: Walter Benjamin's Lesson Hermínio Meireles Teixeira12 Hannah Arendt on Peace as a Means to Politics Diane Enns13 Defining Peace: Jacques Derrida's ""Impossible Friendship"" and ""Democracy to Come"" Pamela Huber14 Habermas on Peace and Democratic Legitimacy David A. BormanAbout the ContributorsIndex