The International Thought of Alfred Zimmern

Classicism, Zionism and the Shadow of Commonwealth
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-66213-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 438 g

Reihe: The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought

This book is a comprehensive examination into the shifting international thought of Alfred Zimmern, a Grecophile intellectual, one of the most prominent liberal internationalists and the world’s first professor of IR. Identifying the writings of Burke and cultural Zionism as two important ideological sources that defined his project for empire and global order, this book argues that Zimmern can best be understood as an apostle of Commonwealth. It shows that while his proposals changed from cosmopolitan democracy to Euro-Atlanticism and to world federal government, they were constantly shaped by the organizing principles of a professedly universal British Commonwealth. It was the empire transhistorically chained to classical Athens.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baji, Tomohito

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. An Apostle of Commonwealth: Introduction.- Chapter 2. Empire and Classical Republicanism.- Chapter 3. Zionist Internationalism.- Chapter 4. A Turn: From Global Reformism to Euro-Atlanticism.- Chapter 5. Nuclear One-Worldism.- Chapter 6. Postscript.

Über Autor(innen)

Tomohito Baji is Associate Professor in the History of Political and Social Thought at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Japan. His articles have appeared in Modern Intellectual History and the History of European Ideas as well as the several journals of Japanese academic associations.