| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 251 pages) |
| Series |
Palgrave studies in international relations |
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Palgrave studies in international relations.
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| Contents |
PART I -- Introduction -- 1789: The Revolution of Backwardness -- PART II -- Kant's Corporate Enlightenment -- Hegel's Revolution of Philosophy -- Interlude: Vormerz -- Weber's Realpolitik -- PART III -- Epilogue: Weimar -- Morgenthau's Existential Crisis -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
One of the fundamental questions for International Relations is whether the value system of liberalism can be universalised, of if, in fact, the illiberal reality of international politics systematically rules out such a universalisation. The book addresses this issue by focusing on the rise and fall of a specific liberal project supported by influential German intellectuals from the French Revolution up to the rise of Nazism, and manifested in the political philosophies of Immanuel Kant, Georg Hegel, Max Weber, and Hans Morgenthau. The book historically contextualises the thought of these influential authors from within the context of Germany₂s comparative 'backwardness' vis-̉-vis republican France and capitalist Britain. In so doing, the book provides new vistas from which to theoretically and substantively reassess the condition of individual freedom in an illiberal world of politics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-246) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Political science -- Germany -- History
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Philosophy, German.
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Liberalism -- Germany
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International relations -- Germany.
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Political science & theory -- Germany.
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European history -- Germany.
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 -- Germany.
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Social & political philosophy -- Germany.
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Politics and Government.
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Politics and government
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Liberalism
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Philosophy, German
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Political science
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054613
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| Subject |
Germany
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230234154 |
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0230234151 |
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9781349309184 |
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1349309184 |
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