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British International Thinkers from Hobbes to Namier

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Editors:
  1. Ian Hall

    1. Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Australia

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  2. Lisa Hill

    1. School of History and Politics, University of Adelaide, Australia

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Ian Hall, Lisa Hill
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Glorious Sovereign: Thomas Hobbes on Leadership and International Relations

    • Haig Patapan
    Pages 11-31

  4. John Locke’s International Thought

    • David Armitage
    Pages 33-48

  5. Moral Sentiment Theory and the International Thought of David Hume

    • Renée Jeffery
    Pages 49-69

  6. Adam Smith on War (and Peace)

    • Lisa Hill
    Pages 71-89

  7. Edmund Burke and International Conflict

    • Richard Bourke
    Pages 91-116

  8. The International Political Thought of John Stuart Mill

    • Georgios Varouxakis
    Pages 117-136

  9. The Resilience of Natural Law in the Writings of Sir Travers Twiss

    • Andrew Fitzmaurice
    Pages 137-159

  10. James Bryce and the Two Faces of Nationalism

    • Casper Sylvest
    Pages 161-179

  11. Democracy and Empire: J. A. Hobson, Leonard Hobhouse, and the Crisis of Liberalism

    • Duncan Bell
    Pages 181-205

  12. The Never-Satisfied Idealism of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson

    • Jeanne Morefield
    Pages 207-225

  13. The Realist as Moralist: Sir Lewis Namier’s International Thought

    • Ian Hall
    Pages 227-246

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 247-253
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This book will be the first to examine the variety of British international thought, its continuities and innovations. The editors combine new essays on familiar thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke with important but neglected writers and publicists such as Travers Twiss, James Bryce, and Lowes Dickinson.

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"This book is an informative addition to the literature responding to the current renewed interest in the history of the discipline. By taking as its temporal scope the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, it constitutes a healthy reminder that our contemporary theorizing on IR rests on a long-developing pattern of inquiry and that the most recent expression of an observation may not constitute the most profound or apt formulation. By taking as its geographical/cultural/political scope the writings of British international thinkers, it recognizes the need for focus in such an investigation, and it provides a ready-made response to the inevitable special pleaders who would ask, But where is my favorite writer? Given the increasing attention paid to the contributions of the English School to IR theory, it is both a timely intervention and a valuable resource." - David Clinton, Professor of Political Science, Baylor University

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Australia

    Ian Hall

  • School of History and Politics, University of Adelaide, Australia

    Lisa Hill

About the editors


IAN HALL is a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Adelaide, Australia.
 
LISA HALL is an Associate Professor in the School of History and Politics at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

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