%0 Journal Article
%T Epistemologia, hist¨®ria e estudos estrat¨¦gicos: Clausewitz versus Keegan
%A Diniz
%A Eugenio
%J Contexto Internacional
%D 2010
%I Pontif¨ªcia Universidade Cat¨®lica do Rio de Janeiro
%R 10.1590/S0102-85292010000100002
%X the article takes issue with the understanding that clausewitz would be a "philosopher of war". clausewitz's theory of war is addressed with lakatos epistemological criteria in mind, which leads to its confrontation with a rival theory: keegan's theory, according to which war would be a cultural phenomenon. different expectations are brought about by either theory in what concerns the ancient, biblical israel, between the xiii and the x century bc. clausewitzian theory's scientific status is established by this test. the text concludes by arguing that the whole field of strategic studies should be built upon clausewitzian foundations.
%K strategic studies
%K theory of war
%K clausewitz
%K epistemology
%K keegan.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-85292010000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en