A genealogy of sovereignty / Jens Bartelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartelson, Jens.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 39.

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sovereignty.

Physical Description:

x, 317 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Summary:

The concept of sovereignty is central to international relations theory and theories of state formation, and provides the foundation of the conventional separation of modern politics into domestic and international spheres. In this book Jens Bartelson provides a critical analysis and conceptual history of sovereignty, dealing with this separation as reflected in philosophical and political texts during three periods: the Renaissance, the Classical Age, and Modernity. He argues that the concept of sovereignty and its place within political discourse are conditioned by philosophical and historiographical discontinuities between the periods, and that sovereignty should be regarded as a concept contingent upon, rather than fundamental to, political science and its history.

Contents:

1 Introduction: sovereignty and fire 1

2 The problem: deconstructing sovereignty 12

3 Beyond subject and structure: towards a genealogy of sovereignty 53

4 Inventing outsides: proto-sovereignty, exempla and the general theory of the state in the Renaissance 88

5 How policy became foreign: sovereignty, mathesis and interest in the Classical Age 137

6 Reorganizing reality: sovereignty, modernity and the international 186

7 Conclusion: the end of sovereignty? 237.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-313) and index.

ISBN:

052147308X

052147888X

OCLC:

30893324