Bentley B. Allan is Assistant Professor of Political Science at The Johns Hopkins University. He has published articles in International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, and European Journal of International Relations. He is the co-editor of Making Identity Count: Building a National Identity Database (with Ted Hopf, 2016).
1. Introduction: science and the transformation of international politics;
2. Cosmology and change in international orders; 3. Natural philosophy in
balance of power Europe, 1550-1815; 4. Darwin, social knowledge, and
development in the British Colonial Office and the League of Nations,
1850-1945; 5. Neoclassical economics and the growth imperative in the world
bank and postwar international order, 1945-2000; 6. Conclusion: the future
of cosmological change.
