Vilho Harle

Vilho Harle (born 1947 in Nilsiä) is a Professor of International Relations at University of Lapland in Finland. 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.

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