A History of International Political Theory

Table of Contents A History of International Political Theory : Ontologies of the International by Behr, Hartmut Terms of Use Preface p. ix Acknowledgements p. xi Introduction p. 1 The problematic and research questions p. 1 Implications p. 5 Conceptual remarks p. 11 The structure of the book p. 17 Part I Universalism in Greek and Roman Antiquity and Christian Political Philosophy I.1 Greek and Roman Antiquity p. 23 1 Thucydides p. 23 2 Cicero p. 35 I.2 Christian Political Pragmatism and Ethical Universalism – Aurelius Augustine and Thomas Aquinas p. 50 1 Prolegomena p. 50 2 Political pragmatism in Augustine and Aquinas p. 53 3 Transcendental universalism and the intelligibility of order: Peace and justice p. 60 Part II Universalistic Thinking from Early Modern Times to Enlightenment II. 1 Universalistic Thinking in Christian Legal Philosophy – Bartolomé de las Casas and Francisco de Vitoria p. 75 1 Prolegomena p. 75 2 Universalistic human rights and their extension beyond Europe p. 80 3 Jurisdiction as landmark and guarantor for universal human rights and just war p. 88 II. 2 Universalistic Frameworks in Early Modern Political Theory p. 100 1 Niccolo Machiavelli p. 100 2 Thomas Hobbes p. 115 3 Immanuel Kant p. 130 Part III The Emergence of Particularism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries III. 1 Philosophies of ‘National Interest’ p. 141 1 Hegel on ‘international law’ p. 141 2 National monumental historiography p. 152 3 Geopolitical thought p. 161 III. 2 Manufacturing Inter-National Cooperation – The English School p. 177 1 Hegelian legacies and the ‘international system’ p. 177 2 From Hegel to international cooperation? p. 186 Part IV The Triumph of Particularism in Twentieth-Century International Relations Theory IV. 1 Neo-Realism and the ‘Scientification’ of International Political Theory p. 197 1 Solipsistic ontology and epistemology p. 198 2 The inevitability of conflict p. 207 IV. 2 ‘Misreadings’ in IR: Reassessing Morgenthau, Ideology Critique, and the Reification Problem p. 210 1 The ‘realism’-neo-realism ‘unity’ p. 211 2 Explaining misreadings: Ideology critique and the reification of ‘the’ political p. 219 Part V Instead of A Conclusion – Towards Renewed Ontology(ies) V.1 Universal, Universalistic – Universalized p. 229 V.2 A Loss of Ethics, or the Reinvention of Universal Thinking in Global Politics? p. 238 1 Outline of an ethics of humanity in the international/world/global p. 241 2 Questions towards discourses on/of global politics p. 245 Notes p. 247 Bibliography p. 272 Name Index p. 293 Subject Index p. 297 Copyright ® 2011 R.R. Bowker LLC. All Rights Reserved. Summary A History of International Political Theory : Ontologies of the International by Behr, Hartmut Terms of use 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. Copyright ® 2011 R.R. Bowker LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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• Pages: 328
• Publication date: 2010-01-15
• Language: EN

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