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9780708321355

Early Notions of Global Governance: Selected Eighteenth-century Proposals for 'perpetual Peace' With Rousseau, Bentham, and Kant

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  • ISBN13:

    9780708321355

  • ISBN10:

    0708321356

  • Edition: Unabridged
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-07-28
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $15.00

Summary

This book presents the classic works of Kant, Bentham and Rousseau together in an accessible style. It provides a contemporary 'compilation' of the eighteenth century's 'perpetual peace' proposals together with an introduction providing an overview of the perpetual peace ideal and its links to contemporary notions of global governance and cosmopolitan democracy.

Author Biography

Esref Aksu is lecturer in international relations at the University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Table of Contents

Early Notions of Global Governance: Introductionp. 1
Selections from Representative Eighteenth-Century Perpetual Peace Projects
Eighteenth-Century Perpetual Peace Proposals: an Overviewp. 15
William Penn: An Essay towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe (1693)p. 25
John Bellers: Some Reasons for An European State (1710)p. 37
Abbe de Saint-Pierre: A Project for Settling An Everlasting Peace in Europe (1713)p. 52
James Francis Edward Stuart ('King James III'): Declaration for A Lasting Peace in Europe (1722)p. 66
Cardinal Alberoni: Scheme of A 'Perpetual Diet' for Establishing the Public Tranquillity (1736)p. 70
Pierre Andre Gargaz: A Project of Universal and Perpetual Peace (1779)p. 74
Charles Alexandre de Calonne: Considerations on the Most Effectual Means of Procuring A Solid and Permanent Peace (1796)p. 80
Rousseau, Bentham and Kant on Perpetual Peace
Perpetual Peace through Physical Force: Rousseau's Planp. 87
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: 'Abstract' and 'Judgment' of the Abbe de Saint-Pierre's Project for Perpetual Peace (1756)p. 95
Perpetual Peace through International Adjudication: Bentham's Planp. 132
Jeremy Bentham: A Plan for An Universal and Perpetual Peace (1789)p. 138
Perpetual Peace through Universal Hospitality: Kant's Planp. 173
Immanuel Kant: Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay (1795)p. 180
Select Bibliographyp. 230
Indexp. 235
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