مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - THE ROLE OF WAR IN MAKING AND TRANSFORMING THE STATE IN HISTORICAL PROCESS

Abstract :

Being the legal coercion/violance instrument of a given politicial organization, the role of the armies and wars have been significant through the social change process. The aim of this study is to identify the main pattern of this process through the historical period beginning from the pre-industrial times to mid-20th century, taking the entwined relationships between the state, the society and the army into consideration. Europe, which has experienced also the emergence of the modern capitalist nation-state in the given period, is accepted as a model for our discussions and is focused on. Benefiting from the abilities of macro-historical sociology, basic dynamics and the significant historical moments of this process is tried to be identified and the way the role and organization of the army is effected from and/or effects this social dynamics and historical process is tried to be questioned.