{"product_id":"war-by-emanuele-severino-9781350543515","title":"War","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first English translation of Emanuele Severino’s provocative analysis of the philosophy behind war in the West.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a broad range of sources, from Heraclitus to 20th-century grassroots movements, Italy’s foremost philosopher calls for a new way of thinking that could lead the West to perpetual peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWar\u003c\/em\u003e, for Severino, is not merely the manifestation of conflict through violence to resolve disputes between nations or factions. Rather it is a mode of thought deeply embedded in the foundations of Western civilisation. Highlighting the divisive and isolating mechanisms that the West uses to conceptualise their bases of power, \u003cem\u003eWar\u003c\/em\u003e shows that this divisive thought is so intrinsic to Western philosophy that even critiques of war are warlike. For peace to be possible, we need more than ceasefires; we need a fundamental re-evaluation of the history of Western thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally written in the geopolitical context of the 1990s, Severino’s text retains an extraordinary urgency at a time when the reality of war seems increasingly insistent. Bringing this relevance to focus, this volume includes a comprehensive introduction by translator Federico Divino, which carefully contextualises \u003cem\u003eWar\u003c\/em\u003e historically and politically, whilst also situating it in relation to Severino’s wider philosophical oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn accessible book, free from the more complex logical and metaphysical lexicons central to some of Severino’s other works, this is a must-read for anyone interested in why war happens and what may be needed to stop it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47664195043564,"sku":"9781350543515","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350543515-war.jpg?v=1779662218","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/war-by-emanuele-severino-9781350543515","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}