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1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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International political theory |
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International political theory.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Methodological Remarks -- 2 Chapter Descriptions -- 2.1 Part I: Early Modern British International Thought -- 2.2 Part II: The Scottish School of Political Economy within International Thought -- 2.3 Part III: Bentham's Political Economy and International Theory -- Bibliography -- Part I Early Modern British International Thought -- 2 Grotius Among the English Merchants: Mare Liberum and Anglo-Dutch Rivalry in the Early Seventeenth Century -- 1 Introduction |
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2 Mare Liberum and Anglo-Dutch Commercial Rivalry -- 3 The Fisheries Dispute -- 4 Mare Liberum vs Mare Clausum in the English Mercantile Literature -- 5 A Fishing Empire? -- Bibliography -- 3 Hobbes and the Problem of International Trade -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The World According to Hobbes -- 3 Economy and State in Hobbes's Theory -- 4 Hobbesian State and Colonies in the International Realm -- 5 Why and How to Regulate International Trade -- 6 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 4 Locke's Conflicted Cosmopolitanism: Individualism and Empire -- 1 Introduction |
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2 Cosmopolitanisms Before Locke: Ciceronian and Pauline -- 3 Locke's Ciceronian Natural Law -- 4 International Law as Natural Law: Individualism -- 5 Conquest: Individualism in Action -- 6 Colonialism: Individualism Betrayed -- 7 Conclusion: Which Locke? -- Bibliography -- Part II The Scottish School of Political Economy Within International Thought -- 5 "To Keep Industry Alive": Hume on Freer International Trade as Moral Improvement -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Rhetoric and Method -- 3 Free Trade and Growth -- 4 Refinement and Moral Improvement |
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5 Conclusion: Gradual Improvements Towards a Better World -- Bibliography -- 6 Human Nature as the Foundation of Adam Smith's International Theory -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Smith on Human Nature -- 3 International Economics -- 4 International Politics -- 5 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 7 Colonization, Commerce and Global History: Adam Smith and Raynal's Histoire des Deux Indes -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What Knowledge did Smith have of Raynal and of His HDI? -- 3 The HDI and Political Economy in Eighteenth-Century France |
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4 The HDI, a "Place of Debate", an Ideal Representation of doux commerce and Impartiality? -- 4.1 Multiple Points of View and Impartiality: A "Philosophical" History of the Two Indies -- 4.2 The Celebration of "doux commerce" -- 5 Rhetoric in Raynal's HDI and Smith's WN -- 6 Raynal and Smith on Colonialism -- Bibliography -- 8 Remote Encounters of a Distant Kind: Natives and Westerners in Adam Smith's International Thought -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Remote Encounter: Smith's Comparisons Between Savage, Barbarous and Civilized Societies -- 2.1 Economic Disparities and the Four Stages Scheme |
| Summary |
For those reared on a diet of Saint Pierre, Rousseau and Kant, it will come as a shock to find that British international thought often pre-empted their ideas or developed them separately, based on a deep understanding of commerce and the global balance of powers. Peter Niesen, Hamburg University Britains transformation into an economic powerhouse over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was matched by a formidable group of contributors to economic theory and international political thought. This excellent volume canvasses the ideas of over a dozen prominent economists, including Hobbes, Locke and Bentham, as well as Hume and Smith. The work will prove a major resource to scholars in philosophy, the history of political economy, and international relations. Margaret Schabas, University of British Columbia-Vancouver, Canada This book articulates international political theory in dialogue with economics on several questions. It asks: how has modern international theory been adjusted and nourished by economic ideas, theories and practices? How far has the distinctive contribution of some theorists to international theory been informed by their views on economy? What has been the impact of the theory of the state for economic and international theory? What sort of economic thinking has led to revise the debates constitutive for the modern international realm? How have economic debates been rhetorically connected to political debates in the field of international relations? Benjamin Bourcier is Associate Professor of Philosophy, ESPOL, Catholic University of Lille, France. His main research interests include the history of international political thought, cosmopolitanism, Jeremy Bentham, the enlightenment. Mikko Jakonen is Professor of Social and Public Policy, University of Eastern Finland. His main research interests are in social policy, work, economy, social theory and history of political thought |
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Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 28, 2024) |
| Subject |
Economics -- Great Britain
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International relations.
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international relations.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bourcier, Benjamin, editor.
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Jakonen, Mikko, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783031457135 |
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3031457137 |
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