Classical Theories of International Relations

by Clark, Ian; Neumann, Iver B.

• ISBN13: 9780312219260
• ISBN10: 0312219261
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-14
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Drawing on a tripartite taxonomy first suggested by the so-called English School of International Relations--a Hobbesian tradition of power politics, a Grotian tradition of concern with the rules that govern relations between states, and a Kantian tradition of thinking which transcends the existence of the states system--this book discusses the thinking of central political theorists about the modern states system. Thinkers covered are Hobbes, Grotius, Kant, Victoria, Rousseau, Smith, Burke, Hegel, Gentz and Vattel.

Author Biography

Ian Clark is Fellow of Selwyn College and Deputy Director of the Center of International Studies at the University of Cambridge.

Iver B. Neumann is Head of the Section for Foreign Affairs and Security Studies at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii	(1)
Notes on the Contributors	viii
1 Traditions of Thought and Classical Theories of International Relations	1	(19)
Ian Clark
2 Hobbes, the State of Nature and the Laws of Nature	20	(22)
Cornelia Navari
3 Grotius, Law and Moral Scepticism: Theory and Practice in the Thought of Hedley Bull	42	(29)
Benedict Kingsbury
4 Kant: Theorist beyond Limits	71	(28)
Howard Williams
Ken Booth
5 Vitoria and the Universalist Conception of International Relations	99	(21)
Martin C. Ortega
6 Desperately Clinging to Grotian and Kantian Sheep: Rousseau's Attempted Escape from the State of War	120	(22)
David P. Fidler
7 Adam Smith and the Liberal Tradition in International Relations	142	(31)
Andrew Walter
8 Edmund Burke and the Commonwealth of Europe: The Cultural Bases of International Order	173	(20)
Jennifer M. Welsh
9 Hegel, the State and International Relations	193	(17)
Andrew Linklater
10 Friedrich Gentz, Rationalism and the Balance of Power	210	(23)
Richard Little
11 Vattel: Pluralism and its Limits	233	(23)
Andrew Hurrell
12 Conclusion	256	(7)
Ian Clark
Iver B. Neumann
Index	263