| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 294 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction. Peace as a polemic concept : writing the history pf peace in nineteenth century Europe / Thomas Hippler and Miloš Vec -- International law. From invisible peace to the legitimation of war : paradoxes of a concept in nineteenth century international law doctrine / Miloš Vec ; Peace by code : milestones and crossroads in the codification of international law / Eliana Augusti ; Aim: peace--sanction: war : international arbitration and the problem of enforcement / Kristina Lovrić-Pernak -- Economy. The limits of 'cosmopolitical economy' : Smith, List, and the paradox of peace through trade / Thomas Hopkins ; The promise and threat of free trade in a globalizing economy : a European perspective / Niels P Petersson ; Legal avoidance as peace instrument : domination and pacification throuth asymmetric loan transactions / Lea Heimbeck -- Actors. Paradoxes of a great power peace : the case of the concert of Europe / Matthias Schulz ; The holy alliance as 'an order of things conformable to the interests of Europe and to the laws of religion and humanity' / Adrian Brisku ; From nationalist peace to democratic war : the peace congress in Paris (1849) and Geneva (1867) / Thomas Hippler ; The politics of exclusionary inclusion : peace activism and the struggle on international and domestic political order in the International Council of Women, 1899-1914 / Susan Zimmermann -- Values. The paradox of peace with 'savage' and 'barbarian' peoples / Oliver Eberl ; The illiberality of liberal international law : religion, science, and the peaceful violence of civilization / Stefan Kroll ; Europeanization, Islamization, and the new imperialism of the Ottoman state / Mustafa Aksakal -- Epilogue. Perpetual peace as irony, as utopia, and as politics / Bo Stråth |
| Summary |
The use of armed force in conflict is often presented as a 'mission for peace'. How did the word 'peace' come to mean war in certain contexts? When calling for peace, we are calling for a certain kind of peace, one recognized by the international community. Peace is a polemical concept and this book maps out the paradoxes to which peace gives rise |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| SUBJECT |
Europa gnd |
| Subject |
Pacifism -- Europe -- History -- 19th century
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Pacifism
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Friedensbewegung
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Europe
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Europa.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hippler, Thomas, 1972-
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Vec, Miloš.
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| ISBN |
9780191794292 |
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0191794295 |
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0191043869 |
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9780191043864 |
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9780191043871 |
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0191043877 |
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