Liberty Abroad - J. S. Mill on International Relations

A comprehensive analysis of the international political pronouncements of John Stuart Mill: the pre-eminent thinker of the liberal tradition.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Mill and international politics; 2. International law and international morality; 3. Inter-state treaties and international morality; 4. Redefining non-intervention; 5. A few words on Mill on empire; 6. War and peace; Conclusion.

About the author

Georgios Varouxakis is Professor in History of Political Thought at Queen Mary University of London, and Co-director of the Centre for the Study of the History of Political Thought. His books include Liberty Abroad: J.S. Mill on International Relations (Cambridge, 2013).

Summary

Liberty Abroad is the first comprehensive critical study to consider the whole of John Stuart Mill's pronouncements on international relations. Varouxakis expertly combines Mill's own writings, the historical contexts in which they were produced, the political and philosophical preoccupations that prompted them, and how they were received among his contemporaries.

Product details

• Authors: Georgios Varouxakis, Georgios (Queen Mary University of Lon Varouxakis, Georgios (Queen Mary University of London) Varouxakis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9781108400886
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40088-6
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education