Contemporary theory of international politics faces a twofold problem: the critical engagement with legacies of national power politics in connection to 20th Century International Relations and the regeneration of notions of humanity. This book contributes to this engagement by a genealogy of thoughts on war, peace, and ethics.

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HARTMUT BEHR is Professor of International Politics at Newcastle University, UK. He is the author of 'Zuwanderungspolitik im Nationalstaat' (1998) and 'Entterritoriale Politik' (2004) and has published widely in international journals such as the European Journal of International Relations, Review of International Studies, Geopolitics, Journal of Politics, International Political Economy, Zeitschrift fuer Internationale Beziehungen (ZIB).

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Preface Introduction PART I: UNIVERSALISM IN GREEK AND ROMAN ANTIQUITY AND CHRISTIAN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Greek and Roman Antiquity Christian Political Pragmatism and Ethical Universalism - Aurelius Augustine and Thomas Aquinas PART II: UNIVERSALISTIC THINKING FROM EARLY MODERN TIMES TO ENLIGHTENMENT Universalistic Thinking in Christian Legal Philosophy - Bartolomé de las Casas and Francisco de Vitoria Universalistic Frameworks in Early Modern Political Theory - Niccolo Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, Immanuel Kant PART III: THE EMERGENCE OF PARTICULARISM IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY Philosophies of 'National Interest' - Hegel on International, National Monumental Historiography, Geopolitical Thought Manufacturing Inter-National Co-operation: The English School PART IV: THE TRIUMPH OF PARTICULARISM IN THE 20TH CENTURY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY Neo-Realism and the 'Scientification' of International Political Theory 'Misreadings' in IR: Re-assessing Morgenthau, Ideology, and the Reification-Problem PART V: INSTEAD OF A CONCLUSION TOWARDS RENEWED ONTOL-OGY(IES) Universal, Universalistic - Universalized Loss of Ethics, or the Re-invention of Universal Thinking in Global Politics? Notes Bibliography Index