A history of international political theory: ontologies of the international

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. INDICE: 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 - Bartolomé 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 - Philosophies of 'National Interest' - Hegel on International, National Monumental Historiography, Geopolitical Thought - Manufacturing Inter-National Co-operation:The English School - PART IV: THE TRIUMPH OF PARTICULARISM IN THE 20TH CENTURY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY - Neo-Realism and the 'Scientification' of International Political Theory - 'Misreadings' in IR: Re-assessing Morgenthau, Ideology, and the Reification-Problem - PART V: INSTEAD OF A CONCLUSION b TOWARDS RENEWED ONTOL-OGY(IES) - Universal, Universalistic - Universalized - Loss of Ethics, or the Re-invention of Universal Thinking in Global Politics? - Notes - Bibliography - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-52486-6
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 18/12/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés