The philosophy of war: words and meanings

The article is a detailed discussion of the philosophy of war as an independent direction of the study of war. The author reveals its object and structure and considers war as a complex, multifaceted and multifactorial social phenomenon, as a state of society, different from the peace. The article analyzes its causes, essence and meaning, properties and significance in the history of mankind. The author specifically stipulates contradictory nature of the philosophy of war, pluralism and polemics in the interpretation of all its subjects. The paper traces an applied meaning of the dialectical-materialistic philosophy of war and its difference from other military-philosophical systems.