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Classical Theory in Inteational Relations:103 (Cambridge Studies in Inteational Relations, Series Number 103)
by: Beate Jahn (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (9 Nov. 2006)
Language: English
Print length: 334 pages
ISBN-10: 0521866855
ISBN-13: 9780521866859
Book Description
Classical political theorists such as Thucydides, Kant, Rousseau, Smith, Hegel, Grotius, Mill, Locke and Clausewitz are often employed to explain and justify contemporary inteational politics and are seen to constitute the different schools of thought in the discipline. However, traditional interpretations frequently ignore the intellectual and historical context in which these thinkers were writing as well as the lineages through which they came to be appropriated in Inteational Relations. This collection of essays provides alteative interpretations sensitive to these political and intellectual contexts and to the trajectory of their appropriation. The political, sociological, anthropological, legal, economic, philosophical and normative dimensions are shown to be constitutive, not just of classical theories, but of inteational thought and practice in the contemporary world. Moreover, they challenge traditional accounts of timeless debates and schools of thought and provide new conceptions of core issues such as sovereignty, morality, law, property, imperialism and agency.
