The empire of civil society : a critique of the realist theory of international relations. /Justin Rosenberg.

By: Rosenberg, JustinContributor(s): Justin RosenbergMaterial type: TextTextPublisher number: : Zafaa Books & Distributors | : 313/56F, 49A, Anand Nagar, Inderlok, DelhiPublication details: , London : Verso , 1994Description: ix, 224 pages ; 22 cmISBN: 9780860916079Subject(s): Civil society | Foreign relations | History | International relations | Politischer RealismusDDC classification: 327.101 ROS
Contents:
1. The Trouble with Realism. Descriptive Realism: E.H. Carr and the State's-Eye View. Axiomatic Realism: Morgenthau's Laws of Politics. Waltz's Theoretical Realism: Accidents Will Happen. Realism as Ideology. Conclusions: What's Missing? 2. Social Structures and Geopolitical Systems. Utrecht, 1713. Wight and the Limits of Realist History. Social Theory and Social Structure. Social Structures and Geopolitical Systems 3. Secret Origins of the State. The Historical Legitimation of Realism. Renaissance Italy. Classical Greece. The Structural Basis of Raison d'Etat. Implications for Contemporary IR Theory 4. Trade and Expansion in Early Modern Europe. India Portuguesa. New Spain 5. The Empire of Civil Society. The Structural Basis of Civil Society. Sovereignty as a Capitalist Political Form. The Sovereign States-System. The Question of Absolutist Sovereignty. Historicizing the Balance of Power. Karl Marx's Theory of Anarchy
Summary: This text presents a series of case studies - including classical Greece, Renaissance Italy and the Portuguese and Spanish empires - to show how the historical-materialist analysis of societies is a better guide to understanding global systems than the theories of standard international relations
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1. The Trouble with Realism. Descriptive Realism: E.H. Carr and the State's-Eye View. Axiomatic Realism: Morgenthau's Laws of Politics. Waltz's Theoretical Realism: Accidents Will Happen. Realism as Ideology. Conclusions: What's Missing?
2. Social Structures and Geopolitical Systems. Utrecht, 1713. Wight and the Limits of Realist History. Social Theory and Social Structure. Social Structures and Geopolitical Systems
3. Secret Origins of the State. The Historical Legitimation of Realism. Renaissance Italy. Classical Greece. The Structural Basis of Raison d'Etat. Implications for Contemporary IR Theory
4. Trade and Expansion in Early Modern Europe. India Portuguesa. New Spain
5. The Empire of Civil Society. The Structural Basis of Civil Society. Sovereignty as a Capitalist Political Form. The Sovereign States-System. The Question of Absolutist Sovereignty. Historicizing the Balance of Power. Karl Marx's Theory of Anarchy

This text presents a series of case studies - including classical Greece, Renaissance Italy and the Portuguese and Spanish empires - to show how the historical-materialist analysis of societies is a better guide to understanding global systems than the theories of standard international relations

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