Social Contract Theory and International Relations
From Hobbes to Kant
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Beschreibung
This book provides a systematic analysis of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Kant with respect to international relations. These philosophers belong to the social contract tradition and are considered some of the most influential political theorists. Their ideas have played a role in the formation of national political constitutions and remain very influential both in understanding and legitimising the structure of societies around the world. This book is an innovative analysis of what these thinkers have claimed regarding the relationship between nation states, rather than contributing to the established scholarship on what they have said about individual political societies. Specifically, individual chapters examine war and peace, world governance, inequality, and terrorism.
This book provides a systematic analysis of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Kant with respect to international relations. These philosophers belong to the social contract tradition and are considered some of the most influential political theorists. Their ideas have played a role in the formation of national political constitutions and remain very influential both in understanding and legitimising the structure of societies around the world. This book is an innovative analysis of what these thinkers have claimed regarding the relationship between nation states, rather than contributing to the established scholarship on what they have said about individual political societies. Specifically, individual chapters examine war and peace, world governance, inequality, and terrorism.
Only book to provide an innovative analysis social contract theorists claims regarding the relationship between nation states Looks collectively at the leading proponents of the social contract tradition within the context of international relations Specifically concerned with war and peace, world governance, inequality, and terroris
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Stephen Chadwick
Themen in »Social Contract Theory and International Relations«
Domestic social contract theory Philosophical approaches to international relations Political philosophy Social Contract of Hobbes Social Contract of Locke Social Contract of Rousseau Social Contract of Kant Social Contract of Rawls Hypothetical formation of individual political societies Concepts of war and peace Analysis of the theorists’ views of colonialism, imperialism Analysis of the theorists’ views ownership of the sea Contract theorist Charles-Irénée Castel, abbé de Saint-Pierre Acts of international terrorism Fundamental moral philosophy