The Cultural Construction of International Relations The Invention of the State of Nature

The discipline of international relations deals with the problem of culture by defining world politics as a state of nature, yet it ignores the fact that the concept of the state is itself a cultural product. This book uncovers the history of this idea, revealing its origins in the European conquest...

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Main Author: Jahn, Beate
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2000, 2000
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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