Predmoderna teorijska promišljanja odnosa politike i rata

Abstract

U članku autor prati trag teorijskog razmišljanja o ratu i politici, od antičkih Grka do osamnaestovekovnih Francuza i Nemaca. U brojnim diskusijama posvećenim ovoj temi, za autora je najvažnije pitanje da li je rat (izvan granica države) suprotstavljen politici ili se može smatrati njenim sredstvom i produžetkom. Dve zasebne evropske tradicije odgovaranja na to pitanje vrhune u 18. veku u modernom pacifizmu, na jednoj strani, i u čitavom spektru filozofskih opravdanja i razmatranja "dubljih značenja" i "više prirode" rata, na drugoj strani.

In the article the author is following the trace of theoretical thinking about war and politics from the ancient Greeks up to the 18th century French and Germans. In the numerous discussions devoted to this topic the most important issue for the author is the question whether the war (outside the borders of the state) is opposed to politics or could be seen as its means and supplement. Two separate European traditions of answering this question peaked in the 18th century in the modern pacifism on the one side, as well as the whole specter of philosophical justifications and examinations of 'deeper meanings' and 'higher nature' of war, on the other side.