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. Vilho Harle. Bio at Barnes & Noble
/ref> He was a visiting fellow in 1996–1997 at the Centre for International Studies, the London School of Economics and Political Science. Harle specializes in analysis of concepts of social order in different cultures, including their moral principles and political structures. He has authored or edited more than ten books and scientific journal issues, including ''Ideas of Social Order in the Ancient World'' (Greenwood Press, 1998). In his books, Prof. Vilho Harle conducts studies of culturally significant philosophical, religious and literary works that propagate these ideas. Books by Vilho Harle at Barns & Noble

Selected works

* Vilho Harle, ''The Enemy with a Thousand Faces: The Tradition of the Other in Western Political Thought and History'',

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, March 2000, Hardcover * Vilho Harle, ''Ideas Of Social Order In The Ancient World'', Greenwood Publishing, 1998, Hardcover * Vilho Harle, ''Challenges and Responses in European Security'', TAPRI, 1986, Hardcover * Vilho Harle, ''Essays in Peace Studies'',

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, 1987, Hardcover * Vilho Harle (Editor), ''Nuclear Weapons in a Changing Europe'', 1991 Hardcover * Vilho Harle (Editor), ''Political Economy of Food'', 1978 Hardcover

Notes and references

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