Natural Law And Political Realism In The History Of Political Thought From The Sophists To Machiavelli

Author : R. W. Dyson
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820478241
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Law and Political Realism in the History of Political Thought: From the sophists to Machiavelli written by R. W. Dyson and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume of a detailed history of the traditions of natural law and political realism in western political thought. It elucidates the ways in which the relation between politics and morality was understood by major thinkers from classical antiquity to the Renaissance. Emphasis is given not only to the exegesis of texts, but to the intellectual and historical contexts in which those texts must be read if they are to be properly understood. The second volume continues the analysis through the twenty-first century and addresses the question of whether the modern «natural law» rhetoric of human rights can be given a respectable philosophical basis. This two-volume set is a valuable resource for scholars working in the fields of history, international relations, philosophy, and politics.

Author : R. W. Dyson
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820488820
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Law and Political Realism in the History of Political Thought: From the seventeenth to the twenty-first century written by R. W. Dyson and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Original Scholarly Monograph

Author : Duncan Bell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191614033
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Thought and International Relations written by Duncan Bell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political realism dominated the field of International Relations during the Cold War. Since then, however, its fortunes have been mixed: pushed onto the backfoot during 1990s, it has in recent years retuned to the centre of scholarly debate. Despite its prominence in International Relations, however, realism plays only a marginal role in contemporary international political theory. It is often associated with a form of crude realpolitik that ignores the ethical dimensions of political life. The contributors to this book explore alternative understandings of realism, seeing it as a diverse and complex mode of political and ethical theorising rather than simply a "value-neutral" social scientific theory or the unreflective defence of the national interest. A number of the chapters offer critical interpretations of key figures in the canon of twentieth century realism, including Hans Morgenthau, E. H. Carr, and Reinhold Niebuhr. Others seek to widen the lens through which realism is usually viewed, exploring the writings of Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, and Leo Strauss. Finally, a number of the contributors engage with general issues in international political theory, including the meaning and value of pessimism, the relationship between power and ethics, the purpose of normative political theory, and what might constitute political "reality." Straddling International Relations and political theory, this book makes a significant contribution to both fields.

Author : Miles Hollingworth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567653307
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pilgrim City written by Miles Hollingworth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-25 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Miles Hollingworth investigates how Augustine's understanding of discipleship causes him to resist the normal tendencies of Western political thinkers. On the one hand, he does not attempt to delineate an ideal state in the classical fashion: to his mind, the Garden of Eden can be an archetype for nothing on earth. And on the other hand, he does not seek to achieve an ideological perspective on the proper relations between Church and State. In fact his Pilgrim City is shown to lie beyond utopianism, realism and the normal terms of political discourse. It stands, instead, as a singular challenge to the aspirations of politics in the West; and so standing it calls for a reassessment of his position in the history of political thought. This book will be of interest to theologians as well as historians of political thought. It will also appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of ideas.

Author : Robert W. Dyson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Law and Political Realism in the History of Political Thought written by Robert W. Dyson and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Benjamin Fletcher Wright
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351532650
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Interpretations of Natural Law written by Benjamin Fletcher Wright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates the deep roots of natural law doctrines in America's political culture. Originally published in 1931, the volume shows that American interpretations of natural law go to the philosophical heart of the American regime. The Declaration of Independence is the preeminent example of natural law in American political thought?it is the self-evident truth of American society.Benjamin Wright proposes that the decline of natural law as a guiding factor in American political behaviour is inevitable as America's democracy matures and broadens. What Wright also chronicled, inadvertently, was how the progressive critique of natural law has opened a rift between and among some of the ruling elites and large numbers of Americans who continue to accept it. Progressive elites who reject natural law do not share the same political culture as many of their fellow citizens.Wright's work is important because, as Leo Strauss and others have observed, the decline of natural law is a development that has not had a happy ending in other societies in the twentieth century. There is no reason to believe it will be different in the United States.

Author : Joanna Kulesza
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004325190
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Due Diligence in International Law written by Joanna Kulesza and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due Diligence in International Law is the first ever international law monograph on the missing link between state responsibility and international liability that is the international law principle of due diligence, ensuring international cooperation, cybersecurity and preventing significant transboundary harm.

Author : RichardO. Brooks
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135157499X
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Augustine and Modern Law written by RichardO. Brooks and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Augustine and Roman law are the two bridges from Athens and Jerusalem to the world of modern law. Augustine's almost eerily modern political realism was based upon his deep appreciation of human evil, arising from his insights into the human personality, the product of his reflections on his own life and the history of his times. These insights have traveled well through the ages and are mirrored in the pages of Aquinas, Luther and Calvin, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Hannah Arendt. The articles in this volume describe the life and world of Augustine and the ways in which he conceived both justice and law. They also discuss the little recognized Augustinian contributions to the field of modern hermeneutics - the discipline which informs the art of legal interpretation. Finally, they include Augustine's valuable discussion of church/state relations, the law of just wars, and proper role and limits of coercion, and the procreative dimensions of marriage. The volume also includes an extremely useful, definitive bibliography of Augustine and the law, and will leave readers with an increased appreciation of the contributions which Augustine has made to the history of jurisprudence. No one can read Augustine and these articles on his view of the law without taking away a new view of the law itself.

Author : Ross Dealy
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487500610
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stoic Origins of Erasmus' Philosophy of Christ written by Ross Dealy and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study focuses on Erasmus' two-dimensional grasp of Stoicism evident in his edition of De officiis (1501) and the huge implications he saw for religion. The author argues that "The Philosophy of Christ' for which Erasmus is famous is a Christian version of Stoicism."--

Author : Nicholas Rengger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107355400
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just War and International Order written by Nicholas Rengger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the opening of the twenty-first century, while obviously the world is still struggling with violence and conflict, many commentators argue that there are many reasons for supposing that restrictions on the use of force are growing. The establishment of the International Criminal Court, the growing sophistication of international humanitarian law and the 'rebirth' of the just war tradition over the last fifty years are all taken as signs of this trend. This book argues that, on the contrary, the just war tradition, allied to a historically powerful and increasingly dominant conception of politics in general, is complicit with an expansion of the grounds of supposedly legitimate force, rather than a restriction of it. In offering a critique of this trajectory, 'Just War and International Order' also seeks to illuminate a worrying trend for international order more generally and consider what, if any, alternative there might be to it.