Bibliograph

The myth of 1648, class, geopolitics, and the making of modern international relations, Benno Teschke

Type

Label

The myth of 1648, class, geopolitics, and the making of modern international relations, Benno Teschke

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.dissertationNote

A revised version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.), Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science--Acknowledgements.

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The myth of 1648

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

286422303

Responsibility statement

Benno Teschke

Sub title

class, geopolitics, and the making of modern international relations

Summary

The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 is widely interpreted as the foundation of modern international relations. Benno Teschke exposes this as a myth. In the process he provides a fresh reinterpretation of the making of modern international relations from the eighth to the 18th century

Table Of Contents

Origins and evolution of the modern states-system: the debate in international relations theory -- A theory of geopolitical relations in the European Middle Ages -- The medieval making of a multi-actor Europe -- Transitions and non-transitions to modernity: a critique of rival paradigms -- L'etat, c'est moi!: the logic of absolutist state formation -- The early modern international political economy: mercantilism and maritime empire-building -- Demystifying the Westphalian states-system -- Towards the modern states-system: international relations from abolutism to capitalism

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