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Political Theories of International Relations
David Boucher
其他書名
From Thucydides to the Present
出版Oxford University Press, 1998
主題Political Science / History & Theory
ISBN01987805409780198780540
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mhh2QgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋David Boucher uses the ideas of western philosophy's most significant thinkers to trace the history of political theory in international relations. He examines current conceptions, offering an alternative thematic interpretation of how the most significant thinkers in the Western traditionperceived relations between communities, nations, states, and the discovery of the new world. His organizing principle centres on the idea that the great philosophers were searching for a criterion of state conduct associated with different theories of human nature and which were used forjustificatory, appraisive, and injunctive purposes. The author asserts that great thinkers from Thucydides to Marx formulated and applied these criteria to interpret the changing international system and concludes by showing how contemporary theories compare with and extend the themes addressed bytheir predecessors.