Classical Theory in International Relations

by Beate Jahn, Thomas J. Biersteker, Steven Smith

Book Overview

Classical political theorists such as Thucydides, Kant, Rousseau, Smith, Hegel, Grotius, Mill, Locke and Clausewitz are often employed to explain and justify contemporary international politics and are seen to constitute the different schools of thought in the discipline. However, traditional interpretations frequently ignore the intellectual and historical context in which these thinkers were writing as well as the lineages through which they came...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521686024
• ISBN13: 9780521686020
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"