From Hierarchy to Anarchy

Territory and Politics before Westphalia
2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-61671-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 269 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

Reihe: The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought

This book considers the rise of territoriality in international relations. Larkins takes the reader on a tour that moves from the mental horizons of Medieval European thought to the Renaissance. The end product is a theoretical and historical account of a momentous transformation that ultimately gives rise to the territorial state.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Larkins, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Territoriality, Westphalia and International Relations International Relations, Political Theory and the Territorial State Theorising Territoriality: Discourse, Culture, History Hierarchy, Order and Space in the Medieval World Christendom, Hierarchy and Medieval Political Discourse The Renaissance Critique of Hierarchy Machiavelli, Territoriality and Lo Stato Picturing Renaissance Territoriality The Renaissance Territorialisation of International Society

Über Autor(innen)

JEREMY LARKINS is a Visiting Lecturer and Teacher in International Politics in the Department of Politics at Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK.