M. G. Forsyth

The Theory of International Relations (eBook, ePUB)

Selected Texts from Gentili to Treitschke

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The great writings of the past on the subject of international relations add an important dimension to the contemporary study of the field. The Theory of International Relations consists of substantial selections from authors whose ideas should be readily available to all students of international relations. All the passages selected by the editors ask fundamental, theoretical questions searching for the essence of interstate relations. This quest for answers carries the reader into investigations of the causes of war, the balance of power, the relationship between international relations and the political theory of the state, and other major issues of this subject.

The editors provide an introduction to the work, which sets out the principles of selection and their belief in the relevance of political thought to the understanding of international relations. The selections are arranged in chronological sequence from Alberico Gentili, writing in 1598, to Heinrich von Treitschke, lecturing in Berlin at the end of the nineteenth century. All are concerned with the nature of international politics. Some of these selections are translated here for the first time and others reprinted from translations not easily obtainable. It is significant that Gentz's essay on the balance of power has not appeared in English since 1806, while Rousseau's writings on international politics have never been fully translated at all.

There can be little doubt that the great writers of the past are presently neglected by students of international relations. This work covers extensive ground in solving this problem. As the theoretical background of international relations is acquiring an increasingly important place in college courses in this area, the need for this book is widely felt.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 353
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351472807
• Artikelnr.: 49042956

Autorenporträt

Friedrich Lutz

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Alberico Gentili
Book I, Chapter I, On International Law as Applied to War
Book I, Chapter VI, That War May Be Waged Justly by Both Sides
Book I, Chapter IX, Whether it is Just to Wage War for the Sake of Religion
Hugo Grotius
Prolegomena
Book II, Chapter I, The Causes of War: First, Defence of Self and Property
Book II, Chapter XX, On Punishments
Book III, Chapter X, Cautions in Regard to Things Which are Done in an Unlawful War
Book III, Chapter XII, Moderation in Laying Waste and Similar Things
Book III, Chapter XXV, Conclusion, with Admonitions on Behalf of Good Faith and Peace
Emmerich de Vattel
Preface
Introduction Idea and General Principles of the Law of Nations
Book III, Chapter III, The Just Causes of War
Book III, Chapter XII, The Voluntary Law of Nations with Respect to the Effects of the Regular War, Independently of the Justice of the Cause
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Abstract of the Abbé de Saint-Pierre's Project for Perpetual Peace
Judgment on Saint-Pierre's Project for Perpetual Peace
The State of War 1
Fragments on War
Immanuel Kant
Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmo-political Point of View
On the Commonplace: That May Be Correct in Theory but Is Useless in Practice
Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay
The Metaphysical Elements of Justice
Henry Brougham
Balance of Power
Friedrich von Gentz
Introduction
Chapter I, The True Acceptation of a Balance of Power
Chapter II, Of the Shock Given to the Balance of Power by the Introduction of the Partition System
Chapter III, Of the Decay of Political Feeling in the Course of the Revolution War
Chapter IV, Of the Relation Between France and the Other States in Internal Constitution
Richard Cobden
Chapter III, The Balance of Power
Heinrich von Treitschke
Book I, Chapter I, The State Idea
Book III, Chapter XXI, State Confederations and Federated States
Book IV, Chapter XXVIII, International Law and International Intercourse