This insightful and wide-ranging volume traces the genesis of international intellectual thought, connecting international and global history with intellectual history.
Rethinking the Foundations of Modern Political Thought looks afresh at the impact of the original work, asks why it still matters, and considers a number of significant agendas that it still inspires.
Speaking the same day, James Wilson found an original way to appease the legalistic concerns, arguing that, “[w]ith regard to the power of the Convention, he conceived himself authorized to conclude nothing, but to be at liberty to ...
In other words, medieval experience is used to demonstrate, albeit in a negative way, the novelty of the invention. The approach that engages medieval experience as part of a speculative enterprise is concerned to describe and evaluate ...
The work is intended to be both an introduction to the period for students, and a presentation and justification of a particular approach to the interpretation of historical texts.
Johnson and Nicholas, 'Male and Female Living Standards in England and Wales, 1812–1867', 470–81; Robert J. Barro, 'Democracy and Growth', Journal of Economic Growth 1 (1996), 1–27; Jakob B. Madsen, James B. Ang, and Rajabrata Banerjee, ...
A call to arms to historians and everyone interested in history in contemporary society. This title is also available as Open Access.
Less well-known is how India’s own rich knowledge traditions of 2,500 years influenced these men. Vajpeyi furnishes this missing account, showing how five founders turned to classical texts to fashion an original sense of Indian selfhood.
In Toleration and Identity, Creppell argues that a contemporary ethic of toleration must include recognition of identity issues, and that the traditional liberal ideal of toleration is not sufficiently understood if we define it strictly as ...
This unique collection presents texts in international relations from Ancient Greece to the First World War.
Thus, the power [pouvoir] of the state is instituted by the verbal performance of the social pact, and even when it is acquired by force: 'It is not therefore the Victory, that giveth the right of Dominion over the Vanquished, ...