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Thucydides on Choice and Decision Making: Why War Is Not Inevitable

Thucydides on Choice and Decision Making: Why War Is Not Inevitable

Kouskouvelis, Ilias

Paperback

Ancient GreeceGeneral Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 149856741X
ISBN13: 9781498567411
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Aug 25 2020
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book uncovers a different perspective on the great classical thinker, who has largely been misread. Through the scrupulous and holistic analysis of The Peloponnesian War - or, as the author suggests, of The War - a different Thucydides emerges. One who understands power and its distribution, but considers as crucial the choices made by people or leaders. One who suggests, according to the book's interpretation on the outbreak of war and the Sicilian expedition, that the war was a result of decision making and, thus, not inevitable. One with his own view on domestic and international politics, a Thucydidean view; a view certainly containing elements of the modern International Relations paradigms, but clearly linking external behavior with deliberations and choice. A Thucydides, finally, holding a more benign than believed view on human nature, and informs our understanding of human behavior, especially when in a position of power or in war.


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