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Contemporary theory of international politics faces a twofold problem: the critical engagement with legacies of national power politics in connection to 20th Century International Relations and the regeneration of notions of humanity. This book contributes to this engagement by a genealogy of though...
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Contemporary theory of international politics faces a twofold problem: the critical engagement with legacies of national power politics in connection to 20th Century International Relations and the regeneration of notions of humanity. This book contributes to this engagement by a genealogy of thoughts on war, peace, and ethics. 'Hartmut Behr's A History of International Political Theory: Ontologies of the International is a fascinating critical reconsideration of how generations of political thinkers have appraised the interplay between universal and particular interests among the relations of states in their understandings of "the world" from Western antiquity through the present-day. This richly nuanced and comprehensive analysis of the many epistemological and ontological complexities in disciplined thinking about "international" affairs will be essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how these comple |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2009. |
| Carrier Form: | 320 p. |
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9780230524866 9780230248380 : 0230248381 : |
| CLC: | D81 |
| Contents: | Preface Introduction PART I: UNIVERSALISM IN GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITY AND CHRISTIAN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Greek and Roman Antiquity Christian Political Pragmatism and Ethical Universalism - Aurelius Augustine and Thomas Aquinas PART II: UNIVERSALISTIC THINKING FROM EARLY MODERN TIMES TO ENLIGHTENMENT Universalistic Thinking in Christian Legal Philosophy - Bartolome de las Casas and Francisco de Vitoria Universalistic Frameworks in Early Modern Political Theory - Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, Immanuel Kant PART III: THE EMERGENCE OF PARTICULARISM IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Philosophie |