International political theory after Hobbes: analysis, interpretation and orientation

The idea of international political theory after Hobbes is a timely and lively focus through which to raise questions about international politics. Contributors explore Hobbes' views on contemporary international political theory andon international relations in the context of the history of political thoughtand Hobbesian realism. RAIA PROKHOVNIK Reader in Politics and International Studies at the Open University, UK. Her research interests include political theory, feminist theory, and the concepts of sovereignty and citizenship. She is the author of 'Sovereignty: History and Theory' (2008); 'Sovereignties: Contemporary Theory and Practice' (2007); 'Spinoza and Republicanism' (2004); 'Rational Woman' (2nd ed.2002); 'Rhetoric and Philosophy in Hobbes's 'Leviathan'' (1991). . GABRIELLASLOMP Senior Lecturer at St Andrews University, UK. She has published severalarticles on Hobbes and is the author of 'Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of Glory' (2002) and 'Carl Schmitt and the Politics of Hostility, Violence, and Terror' (2009) and the editor of 'Thomas' 'Hobbes' (2008). INDICE: Introduction; 'R.Prokhovnik' & 'G.Slomp' - ANALYSIS - The Politicsof Motion and the Motion of Politics; 'G.Slomp' - Hobbes, Public Safety and Political Economy; 'T.Sorrell' - Leviathan and Liberal Moralism in International Theory; 'G.Newey' - INTERPRETATION - Hobbes and the Subjection of International Relations to Law and Morality; 'C.Boisen' &' D.Boucher' - Kantian Perspectives on Intervention: Transcending Rather than Rejecting Hobbes; 'H.Williams' - The State of Nature as a Site of Happy Life: On Giorgio Agamben's Reading ofHobbes; 'S.Prozorov' - ORIENTATION - Recasting the Hobbesian Legacy in International Political Theory; 'M.C.Williams' - Hobbes, Origins, Limits; 'R.Walker'- Hobbes, Sovereignty, and Politics: Rethinking International Political Space; 'R.Prokhovnik'

• ISBN: 978-0-230-24114-5
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 232
• Fecha Publicación: 05/01/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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