Vilho Harle is a Professor

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 of International Relations

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 at University of Lapland

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 in Finland

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. Harle specializes in analysis of concepts of social order in different cultures, including their moral principles and political structures. In his books, Prof. Vilho Harle conducts studies of culturally significant philosophical, religious and literary works that propagate these ideas.

Selected works

• Vilho Harle, The Enemy with a Thousand Faces: The Tradition of the Other in Western Political Thought and History, Greenwood Publishing, March 2000, ISBN 0275961419 Hardcover
• Vilho Harle, Ideas Of Social Order In The Ancient World, Greenwood Publishing, 1998, ISBN 031330582X Hardcover
• Vilho Harle, Challenges and Responses in European Security, TAPRI, 1986, ISBN 0566053632 Hardcover
• Vilho Harle, Essays in Peace Studies, Ashgate Publishing
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  , 1987, ISBN 0566053756 Hardcover
• Vilho Harle (Editor), Nuclear Weapons in a Changing Europe, 1991 Hardcover
• Vilho Harle (Editor), Political Economy of Food, 1978 Hardcover