Binding: Hardcover
Description: This book collects works by the late Professor Martin Wight (1913 - 1972) an historian and scholar of international relations. He conducted research on many topics including British colonial history European studies international institutions and the history and sociology of states - systems. He is nonetheless best known for his teaching about the political philosophy of international relations at the London School of Economics (1949 - 1961) and the University of Sussex (1961 - 1972). He is widely regarded as an intellectual ancestor and path - breaker of the English School of international relations even though this term only gained currency nine years after his death. While there is no generally accepted definition of the English School' it is usually construed as signifying an approach to the study of international relations more rooted in historical and humanistic learning than in the social sciences. Wight's achievements are consistent with this broad definition. This volume includes works in four categories: (a) traditions of thinking about international relations since the sixteenth century; (b) the causes and functions of war; (c) international and regime legitimacy; and (d) fortune and irony in international politics. In addition to classic essays such as Why Is There No International Theory? and Western Values in International Relations that complement his posthumous 1991 book International Theory: The Three Traditions this volume includes previously unpublished works on international legitimacy and the causes of war. Wight's analysis of legitimacy examines the evolution of thinking from dynastic to popular approaches while his work on the causes of war builds on Thucydides and Hobbes.
Title: International Relations And Political Philosophy
Author(s): Wight Martin (Former Dean Of The School Of European Studies And A Professor Of History Former Dean Of The School Of European Studies And A Professor Of History University Of Sussex), Yost, David S. (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198848219
Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Date: 5/10/2022
Category: International Relations