Beyond the Anarchical Society - Grotius, Colonialism and Order in World Politics

Edward Keene argues that the conventional idea of an 'anarchical society' of equal and independent sovereign states is an inadequate description of order in modern world politics. International political and legal order has always been dedicated to two distinct goals: to try to promote the toleration of different ways of life, while advocating the adoption of one specific way, that it labels 'civilization'. The nineteenth-century solution to this contradiction was to restrict the promotion of civilization to the world beyond Europe. That discriminatory way of thinking has now broken down, with the result that a single, global order is supposed to apply to everyone, but opinion is still very much divided as to what the ultimate purpose of this global order should be, and how its political and legal structure should be organised.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. The orthodox theory of order in world politics; 2. The Grotian theory of the law of nations; 3. Colonialism, imperialism and extra-European international politics; 4. Two patterns of modern international order: toleration and civilisation; 5. Order in contemporary world politics, global but divided; Conclusion.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Edward Keene is Tutor in Politics at Balliol College, Oxford.

Zusammenfassung

It is commonly argued that the system of state sovereignty is currently in a situation of upheaval. Keene's book questions this assumption, arguing that sovereignty has never existed globally in any case, as international relations beyond the West have been influenced by the norms of colonialism rather than international law.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Edward Keene, Keene Edward
• Mitarbeit: Margot Light (Herausgeber), Ian Nish (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge Academic
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 11.07.2002
• EAN: 9780521810319
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81031-9
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Gewicht: 440 g
• Serien: Lse Monographs in Internationa; LSE Monographs in International Studies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; History, Law, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, HISTORY / General, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy