Peace and war in Thomas More’s «Utopia»: just war and pacifist thought in the XVIth century

Through an historical-conceptual analysis of Utopia, the essay examines several features of More’s international political thought, drawing attention to the analogies that permit to compare his work to contemporary theories and practices of justifying war. From this perspective, More’s conceptualisa...

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Main Author:	Francesco Raschi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Bologna 2016-12-01
Series:	Governare la paura
Subjects:	peace just war utopia international political thought
Online Access:	https://governarelapaura.unibo.it/article/view/6529

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spelling	doaj-9fe7e4142c98446787a1ecd5ecdb54102020-11-25T02:59:14ZengUniversity of BolognaGovernare la paura1974-49352016-12-019110.6092/issn.1974-4935/65295921Peace and war in Thomas More’s «Utopia»: just war and pacifist thought in the XVIth centuryFrancesco Raschi0University of BolognaThrough an historical-conceptual analysis of Utopia, the essay examines several features of More’s international political thought, drawing attention to the analogies that permit to compare his work to contemporary theories and practices of justifying war. From this perspective, More’s conceptualisation of just war constitutes an early modern attempt to legitimise states’ policies aimed at exporting specific political and cultural models to other states, relying on the assumption that such models are intrinsically valuable or constitute optimal solutions for the life of any political community.https://governarelapaura.unibo.it/article/view/6529peacejust warutopiainternational political thought
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title	Peace and war in Thomas More’s «Utopia»: just war and pacifist thought in the XVIth century
title_short	Peace and war in Thomas More’s «Utopia»: just war and pacifist thought in the XVIth century
title_full	Peace and war in Thomas More’s «Utopia»: just war and pacifist thought in the XVIth century
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description	Through an historical-conceptual analysis of Utopia, the essay examines several features of More’s international political thought, drawing attention to the analogies that permit to compare his work to contemporary theories and practices of justifying war. From this perspective, More’s conceptualisation of just war constitutes an early modern attempt to legitimise states’ policies aimed at exporting specific political and cultural models to other states, relying on the assumption that such models are intrinsically valuable or constitute optimal solutions for the life of any political community.
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Peace and war in Thomas More’s «Utopia»: just war and pacifist thought in the XVIth century

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