Martin Wight

Four Seminal Thinkers in International Theory

Machiavelli, Grotius, Kant, and Mazzini
Herausgeber: Wight, Gabriele; Porter, Brian

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Produktbeschreibung

Martin Wight was one of the most profound thinkers on international relations of his day, and his work is still heavily discussed, appraised, and drawn upon today. This volume brings together his previously unpublished material on the political thinking of the four great international thinkers: Machiavelli, Grotius, Kant, and Mazzini. The volume contains a preface by Sir Michael Howard, CH.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780199273676
• ISBN-10: 0199273677
• Artikelnr.: 21676198

Autorenporträt

Martin Wight was born in 1913, and died in 1972. This book, edited by his wife Gabriele Wight, and his colleague, Dr Brian Porter, brings together some of his previously unpublished material. Mrs Gabriele Wight married Martin Wight in 1952. She co-edited another of Martin Wight's posthumous works, International Theory: The Three Traditions in 1991, which is now regarded as a classic. Dr Brian Porter was successively tutored and supervised by Martin Wight. He co-edited Wight's International Theory: The Three Traditions with Mrs Gabriele Wight in 1991.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Martin Wight and Philosophers of War and Peace
Machiavelli
Grotius
Kant
Mazzini
Appendix 1: A Philosophical Genealogy
Appendix 2: The Three Traditions in Christianity
Appendix 3: The International Theory of Grotius
Bibliography 1: From Martin Wight's Notes and Reading Lists 1959-72
Bibliography 2: Selected Publications Post-1972
An Anatomy of International Thought