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Classical Theories of International Relations

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Ian Clark

    1. Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK

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  2. Iver B. Neumann

    1. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo, Norway

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Traditions of Thought and Classical Theories of International Relations

    • Ian Clark
    Pages 1-19

  3. Hobbes, the State of Nature and the Laws of Nature

    • Cornelia Navari
    Pages 20-41

  4. Grotius, Law, and Moral Scepticism: Theory and Practice in the Thought of Hedley Bull

    • Benedict Kingsbury
    Pages 42-70

  5. Kant: Theorist beyond Limits

    • Howard Williams, Ken Booth
    Pages 71-98

  6. Vitoria and the Universalist Conception of International Relations

    • Martin C. Ortega
    Pages 99-119

  7. Desperately Clinging to Grotian and Kantian Sheep: Rousseau’s Attempted Escape from the State of War

    • David P. Fidler
    Pages 120-141

  8. Adam Smith and the Liberal Tradition in International Relations

    • Andrew Wyatt Walter
    Pages 142-172

  9. Edmund Burke and the Commonwealth of Europe: The Cultural Bases of International Order

    • Jennifer M. Welsh
    Pages 173-192

  10. Hegel, the State and International Relations

    • Andrew Linklater
    Pages 193-209

  11. Friedrich Gentz, Rationalism and the Balance of Power

    • Richard Little
    Pages 210-232

  12. Vattel: Pluralism and Its Limits

    • Andrew Hurrell
    Pages 233-255

  13. Conclusion

    • Ian Clark, Iver B. Neumann
    Pages 256-262

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 263-267
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Drawing on a tripartite taxonomy first suggested by the so-called English School of International Relations of 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, Vitoria, Rousseau, Smith, Burke, Hegel, Gentz and Vattel.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK

    Ian Clark

  • Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo, Norway

    Iver B. Neumann

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