Сonceptualization of Determinants of War in the Sociological Knowledge Context

Abstract

The article analyzes the concept of the causes of war existing in the sociology of war: the theological (war – the result of mistakes, God has allowed not subdued the man himself fully and giving it the relative free will), naturalistic (war as a kind of cosmic phenomenon, a universal law of nature), psychological (the causes of war lie in human psychology, the innate tendency to «produce» chaos and evil), biological (the reason for the war is explained by biological laws and the needs of the human race), political (emphasis on the organic relationship between war and politics , war as an extension of the state politics by violent means), economic (the war – the result of increasing economic competition between countries), cultural (see the causes of war in cultural differences, affiliation of the peoples of different civilizations) and others.