1st Edition
A History of International Thought From the Origins of the Modern State to Academic International Relations
1 Introduction Part I International Relations Before the Study of International Relations 2. The origins of the modern state and the creation of international relations . . . by mistake 3. Reaction and reform: patriarchal order and the Enlightenment response 4. A new global political economy? Part II The Emergence of the Discipline of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND the Great Crisis of Humanity 5. The geopolitics of empire and the international anarchy, 1880–1918 6. The new world: international government and peaceful change, 1919–1935 7. Collapse and war: continuity and change in IR theory, 1936–1945 Part III Conclusion: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS in Living Memory AND Lessons for the Future 8. A new IR for a new world? The growth of an academic field since 1945
Biography
Lucian Ashworth is Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
"This book assumes a high level of familiarity with both political theory and international relations and is most suitable for graduate students and scholars. That said, it should be new required reading on comprehensive reading lists everywhere. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections". - CHOICE - M B. Manjikian, Robertson School a/ Government, Regent University
