{"product_id":"war-emanuele-severino-9781350543522","title":"War: Violence and Technics in the West","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English translation of Emanuele Severino's provocative analysis of the philosophy behind war in the West. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. War, for Severino, is not merely the manifestation of conflict through violence to resolve disputes between nations or fractions. 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 conceptualize their bases of power, \u003ci\u003eWar \u003c\/i\u003eshows 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 then ceasefires; we need a fundamental re-evaluation of the history of Western thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003ci\u003eWar \u003c\/i\u003ehistorically and politically, whilst also situating it in relation to Severino's wider philosophical oeuvre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emanuele Severino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350543527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350543522\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.43w x 1.00d","brand":"Emanuele Severino","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48659648053503,"sku":"9781350543522","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/war-emanuele-severino-9781350543522","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}