Overview
- Offers a comprehensive account of Thomas Hobbes's vision of peace
- Provides a fresh perspective on the continuing significance of Hobbes’s international political thought
- Reconsiders Hobbes's relationship to realism and liberal internationalism
Part of the book series: International Political Theory (IPoT)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Thomas Hobbes
- Hobbe's conception of peace
- Civil society and Hobbes
- International order and Hobbes
- International Political Theory
- pacification of states
- civil and international peace
- Hobbesian peace
- Hobbes and international coexistence
- Hobbes and international cooperation
- realism and international relations
- liberalism and international relations
- international relations theory
- Hobbes’s international political thought
- Hobbes and peace studies
- Good government
- Sovereignty and international order
- Civil and international peace
- peace and justice
- peace and society
About this book
This book explores Hobbes’s ideas about the internal pacification of states, the prospect of a peaceful international order, and the connections between civil and international peace. It questions the notion of a negative Hobbesian peace, which is based on the mere suppression of violence, and emphasises his positive vision of everlasting peace in a well-governed commonwealth. The book also highlights Hobbes’s ideas about international coexistence and cooperation, which he considers integral to good government. In examining Hobbes’s conception of peace, it provides a fresh perspective on his international political thought. The findings also have wider implications for the ways in which we think about Hobbes’s relationship to the realist and liberal traditions of international thought, and will appeal to students and scholars of political theory and international relations.
Reviews
“In this timely volume, Jaede addresses the relationship of international and civil peace, showing that Hobbes understood their close connection. His was a realistic understanding of international relations, at odds with both modern realists’ focus on war and liberal internationalists’ faith in international institutions. Governments, he thought, should be prepared for war and, through good rule, simultaneously pursue peace at home. Jaede’s Hobbes foresees the modern reality that international peace feeds on civil peace.” (Professor Deborah Baumgold, University of Oregon, USA)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Maximilian Jaede is Course Organiser at the Centre for Open Learning, University of Edinburgh, UK. Previously, he was a research fellow at the Edinburgh Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and taught political theory at the University of Stirling, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Thomas Hobbes's Conception of Peace
Book Subtitle: Civil Society and International Order
Authors: Maximilian Jaede
Series Title: International Political Theory
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76066-7
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76065-0Published: 27 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76066-7Published: 19 March 2018
Series ISSN: 2662-6039
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6047
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 105
Topics: Political Theory, Peace Studies, International Relations Theory