Using in-depth analysis of power relations, material changes and developments in ideologies, this essential text provides an accessible and student friendly historical introduction to the changing relations between states. The subjects covered include long term trends relating to war, the changing balance of power, decolonisation, the European system and the Cold War. This volume is essential reading for all those interested in the history of International Relations in the twentieth century.
This book traces the development of the international society tradition from its origins in Grotius’ On the Law of War and Peace to its crystallization in Bull’s The Anarchical Society. It follows the idea of sociability among peoples as it was presented by Grotius and substantiated by Pufendorf, through the skepticism of Voltaire and Kant, to emerge as humanitarian warfare and human rights in the international liberal movement, ‘world society’ in the 20th century Catholic revival, and common practices and social understandings in the English School in the period of disciplinary development in international relations after the Second World War.
This key text provides an accessible and student-friendly historical introduction to the changing relations between states. This volume is essential reading for all those interested in the history of International Relations las century.
This book traces the development of the international society tradition from its origins in Grotius’ On the Law of War and Peace to its crystallization in Bull’s The Anarchical Society. It follows the idea of sociability among peoples as it was presented by Grotius and substantiated by Pufendorf, through the skepticism of Voltaire and Kant, to emerge as humanitarian warfare and human rights in the international liberal movement, ‘world society’ in the 20th century Catholic revival, and common practices and social understandings in the English School in the period of disciplinary development in international relations after the Second World War.
ABOUT THE BOOK The new interest in ideas behind foreign policy and in different constructions of the international has neglected to consider the varied sources of such new ideas. Generally attributed to 'policy intellectuals' much of the radical new direction in foreign policy thinking that marked the 20th century came in fact from public intellectuals, increasingly recognised as a critical source of new thinking in liberal political orders. Building on the new research in public intellectuals and their contribution to public debate and policy evolution, this book provides a comprehensive treatment of the thought of the major public intellectuals who made critical contributions to the thought behind and the practice of foreign policy and international relations during the 20th century. The result is a fresh look at some familiar figures, new studies of some less recognised personalities, and new evaluations of some contested thinkers. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments Chapter 1 - Public Intellectuals, Political Projects and New Ideas Chapter 2 - Treitschke, Social Hatred and the Theory of the Machtstaat Chapter 3 - Angell, the Seizure Illusion and the Disutility of War Chapter 4 - Chatham House, the Broad Church View and Progressive Internationalism Chapter 5 - Toynbee, Decline and Civilization Chapter 6 - Butterfield, Carr and English Machiavellism Chapter 7 - Lippmann, Actually-existing Liberalism and Liberal Realism Chapter 8 - Mitrany, the Service State and International Functionalism Chapter 9 - Spinelli, Functionalists and Federalism Chapter 10 - Hobbes, the Security Dilemma and the Laws of Nature Chapter 11 - Aron, Literary Marxism and Total War Chapter 12 - Chomsky, Illegitimate Authority and Global Anarchism Index ABOUT THE AUTHOR Cornelia Navari, Ph.D. (1991) in Political Science, University of Birmingham, is Visiting Professor of International Relations at the University of Buckingham and has published extensively on the history of thought on international relations. She is the author of Internationalism and the State in the 20th Century (Routledge, 2000) and editor of Theorising International Society: English School Methods (Palgrave, 2009).
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