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From Hierarchy to Anarchy

Territory and Politics before Westphalia

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  • © 2010

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  1. Jeremy Larkins
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Territoriality, Westphalia, and International Relations

    • Jeremy Larkins
    Pages 1-15

  3. International Relations, Political Theory, and the Territorial State

    • Jeremy Larkins
    Pages 17-34

  4. Theorizing Territoriality: Discourse, Culture, History

    • Jeremy Larkins
    Pages 35-52

  5. Hierarchy, Order, and Space in the Medieval World

    • Jeremy Larkins
    Pages 53-72

  6. Christendom, Hierarchy, and Medieval Political Discourse

    • Jeremy Larkins
    Pages 73-99

  7. The Renaissance Critique of Hierarchy

    • Jeremy Larkins
    Pages 101-122

  8. Machiavelli, Territoriality, and Lo Stato

    • Jeremy Larkins
    Pages 123-144

  9. Picturing Renaissance Territoriality

    • Jeremy Larkins
    Pages 145-167

  10. The Renaissance Territorialization of International Society

    • Jeremy Larkins
    Pages 169-194

  11. Conclusion: Territoriality, the Renaissance, and International Relations

    • Jeremy Larkins
    Pages 195-200

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 201-269
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This book considers the rise of territoriality in international relations. Larkins takes the reader on a tour that moves from the mental horizons of Medieval European thought to the Renaissance. The end product is a theoretical and historical account of a momentous transformation that ultimately gives rise to the territorial state.

About the author


JEREMY LARKINS is a Visiting Lecturer and Teacher in International Politics in the Department of Politics at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.

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