1989, ISBN: 0198229488

[EAN: 9780198229483], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 4.5], [PU: New York: Oxford], Jacket, 281 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780198229483], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 4.5], [PU: New York: Oxford], Jacket, 281 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT).- Slightly rubbed dust jacket and light brown spotting on endpapers, otherwise in very good condition. - Content: The aim of this book is to show that the major currents of modern military thought emerged out of the cultural frameworks and the historical and philosophical outlooks of the Enlightenment on the one hand and the movement which may best be described as the Counter-Enlightenment or the German Movement on the other. The failure to recognize this culture-bound nature of military theory has often resulted in a narrow, unhistorical understanding of its development. Although it dominated the eighteenth century and subsequently took a decisive role in shaping the terms in which military thinkers considered the theory of war, the very existence, not to mention the intellectual origins, vision, and scope of what I shall call the military school of the Enlightenment has not been recognized by modern commentators. Viewed through the highly polemic attitudes of Clausewitz and the German military school of the nineteenth century, the military thought of the eighteenth century has only been vaguely understood and labelled stereotypically as the ‘geometrical military school’. Unwittingly, modern commentators have often simply reiterated Romantic rhetoric. This problem has been equally damaging for the understanding of Clausewitz. His place in the framework of a general European reaction at the turn of the nineteenth century, against the ideas of the Enlightenment—a development which was particularly strong in Germany—has barely been recognized. This has been one of the main reasons for the fact that much of Clausewitz’s work still remains unclear and puzzling, leaving room for endemically conflicting and unhistorical interpretations which continuously reflect the military and political convictions of each period, not least our own. This book is not intended to cover all spheres and aspects of military thought in the period concerned. Such a task would not only exceed the space available in this volume but would also transgress my particular interests. First and foremost, this work is a historical and analytical account of the conceptions of military theory held by military thinkers in two successive — deeply philosophical — intellectual environments, which gave us the idea that there is or ought to be something called ‘a theory of war’. However, that this topic involves a broad treatment of the major military developments and much of the doctrinal thinking of the period under discussion (in some cases more than in others) goes without saying. Much the same applies to the emphases in the time-span covered by the book. The first two chapters, dealing with Machiavelli and Montecuccoli, are brief and introductory in nature, and focus on the decline of the classical conception of military theory and the earliest notable manifestation of a new one. In the main body of the book, covering the period from the middle of the eighteenth century to the 1830s, the disparity in scholarly attention has led me to adopt a slightly different approach in each of the two parts. In view of the paucity and polemic nature of the research on the military thinkers of the Enlightenment, I have focused in the first part on presenting an overall picture of their theoretical outlook against the background of the world-view of their time. On the other hand, the abundance of, and prevailing attitudes in, studies of Clausewitz have called for a more elaborate and critical approach in the second part. ISBN 9780198229483 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 504 Original cloth with dust jacket., Books<

1989, ISBN: 9780198229483

281 p. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT).- Slightly rubbe… Mehr…

281 p. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT).- Slightly rubbed dust jacket and light brown spotting on endpapers, otherwise in very good condition. - Content: The aim of this book is to show that the major currents of modern military thought emerged out of the cultural frameworks and the historical and philosophical outlooks of the Enlightenment on the one hand and the movement which may best be described as the Counter-Enlightenment or the German Movement on the other. The failure to recognize this culture-bound nature of military theory has often resulted in a narrow, unhistorical understanding of its development. Although it dominated the eighteenth century and subsequently took a decisive role in shaping the terms in which military thinkers considered the theory of war, the very existence, not to mention the intellectual origins, vision, and scope of what I shall call the military school of the Enlightenment has not been recognized by modern commentators. Viewed through the highly polemic attitudes of Clausewitz and the German military school of the nineteenth century, the military thought of the eighteenth century has only been vaguely understood and labelled stereotypically as the ‘geometrical military school’. Unwittingly, modern commentators have often simply reiterated Romantic rhetoric. This problem has been equally damaging for the understanding of Clausewitz. His place in the framework of a general European reaction at the turn of the nineteenth century, against the ideas of the Enlightenment—a development which was particularly strong in Germany—has barely been recognized. This has been one of the main reasons for the fact that much of Clausewitz’s work still remains unclear and puzzling, leaving room for endemically conflicting and unhistorical interpretations which continuously reflect the military and political convictions of each period, not least our own. This book is not intended to cover all spheres and aspects of military thought in the period concerned. Such a task would not only exceed the space available in this volume but would also transgress my particular interests. First and foremost, this work is a historical and analytical account of the conceptions of military theory held by military thinkers in two successive — deeply philosophical — intellectual environments, which gave us the idea that there is or ought to be something called ‘a theory of war’. However, that this topic involves a broad treatment of the major military developments and much of the doctrinal thinking of the period under discussion (in some cases more than in others) goes without saying. Much the same applies to the emphases in the time-span covered by the book. The first two chapters, dealing with Machiavelli and Montecuccoli, are brief and introductory in nature, and focus on the decline of the classical conception of military theory and the earliest notable manifestation of a new one. In the main body of the book, covering the period from the middle of the eighteenth century to the 1830s, the disparity in scholarly attention has led me to adopt a slightly different approach in each of the two parts. In view of the paucity and polemic nature of the research on the military thinkers of the Enlightenment, I have focused in the first part on presenting an overall picture of their theoretical outlook against the background of the world-view of their time. On the other hand, the abundance of, and prevailing attitudes in, studies of Clausewitz have called for a more elaborate and critical approach in the second part. ISBN 9780198229483 Versand D: 3,00 EUR , [PU:New York: Oxford,]<

ISBN: 9780198229483

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1989, ISBN: 0198229488

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