Just War Thinkers Revisited

Daniel R. Brunstetter is Professor in Political Science at University of California, Irvine, the United States. He is the author of two books and editor of two volumes, including Just War Thinkers (2018).Cian O’Driscoll is Professor of International Relations at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia. He is the author of two books and editor of three volumes, including Just War Thinkers (2018).

• Introduction: Introduction: Heretics, Humanists, and Radicals 1: Aristotle (384 BC–322 BC) 2: Epictetus (c. 50–c. 135 AD) 3: Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda (1490–1573) 4: Alonso de la Vera Cruz (1507–1584) 5: Martin Luther (1483–1546) 6: Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) 7: John Brown (1800–1859) 8: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865) 9: Carlos Calvo (1824–1906) 10: Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919) 11: Luigo Sturzo (1871–1959) 12: Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) 13: G.E.M. Anscombe (1919–2001) 14: Frantz Fanon (1925–1961) 15: Alasdair MacIntyre (1929–) 16: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) 17: John Rawls (1921–2002) 18: Judith Butler (1956–) 19: Pope Francis (1936–) 20: Charles W. Mills (1951–2021) Conclusion: Heretics and Humanists and Radicals, Oh My!

"In an exciting break with convention, Just War Thinkers Revisited replaces the usual protagonists with an unexpected ensemble of radicals, heretics and nonconformists, whose work is often pushed to the margins or neglected altogether. Engaging with these intellectual outsiders allows the contributors to the collection to revamp tired ethical debates, reinvent accepted ethical assumptions, and reimagine settled ethical concepts."Thomas Gregory, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Auckland, New Zealand"A much welcome – and delightfully lyrical – disruption of entrenched categories in the Just War tradition. The authors mobilize thinkers and ideas from a broader spectrum of political philosophy than is the norm, and in so doing, they pay heed to the ethos of thinking ethically about war. The volume is a refreshing departure from endless reinterpretations of traditional texts in the understanding that these, albeit important, can take us only so far in understanding war and violence. And it is a step forward in coming to terms with the political power of the Just War tradition itself."Elke Schwarz, Reader (Associate Professor) in Political Theory, Queen Mary University London