British Liberal Internationalism, 1880–1930: Making Progress? - Hardcover

Sylvest, Casper

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ISBN 10: 0719079098 ISBN 13: 9780719079092

Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2009

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This book explores the development, character, and legacy of the ideology of liberal internationalism in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. Liberal internationalism provided a powerful way of theorising and imagining international relations, and it dominated well-informed political discourse at a time when Britain was the most powerful country in the world. Its proponents focused on securing progress, generating order and enacting justice in international affairs. Liberal internationalism united a diverse group of intellectuals and public figures, and it left a lasting legacy in the twentieth century. This book elucidates the roots, trajectory, and diversity of liberal internationalism, focusing in particular on three intellectual languages - international law, philosophy and history - through which it was promulgated. Finally, it traces the impact of these ideas across the defining moment of the First World War. The liberal internationalist vision of the late-nineteenth century remained popular well into the twentieth century and forms an important backdrop to the development of the academic study of International Relations in Britain. -- .

Biografía del autor:

Casper Sylvest is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Public Management at the University of Southern Denmark -- .

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0719079098
• ISBN 13: 9780719079092
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288