British International Thinkers from Hobbes to Namier

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Springer, Dec 7, 2009 - Political Science - 253 pages
This book will be the first to examine the variety of British international thought, its continuities and innovations. The editors combine new essays on familiar thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke with important but neglected writers and publicists such as Travers Twiss, James Bryce, and Lowes Dickinson.
 

Contents

1 Introduction
1
Thomas Hobbes on Leadership and International Relations
10
3 John Lockes International Thought
33
4 Moral Sentiment Theory and the International Thought of David Hume
49
5 Adam Smith on War and Peace
70
6 Edmund Burke and International Conflict
91
7 The International Political Thought of John Stuart Mill
117
8 The Resilience of Natural Law in the Writings of Sir Travers Twiss
137
9 James Bryce and the Two Faces of Nationalism
160
J A Hobson Leonard Hobhouse and the Crisis of Liberalism
181
11 The NeverSatisfied Idealism of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
206
Sir Lewis Namiers International Thought
227
Index
247
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IAN HALL is a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

LISA HALL is an Associate Professor in the School of History and Politics at the University of Adelaide, Australia.

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