An innovative re-evaluation of the concept of anarchy in theorizing diplomacy between states which draws on a historically sensitive re-evaluation of the ideological uses of politeness in the anarchist thought of William Godwin.

Autorentext
ZAHEER KAZMI is ESRC Mid-Career Fellow at the Faculty of History, University of Oxford, UK. He was formerly a senior research analyst at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and a senior associate member of St Antony's College, Oxford. He is the co-editor of Contextualizing Jihadi Thought (2012).

Inhalt
Part One: ANARCHISM AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Chapter 1: Revisiting Anarchism Chapter 2: Anarchism and International Theory Part Two: WILLIAM GODWIN AND POLITE ANARCHY Chapter 3: Contesting the State in 1790s Britain Chapter 4: The Polite Anarchist Chapter 5: Godwin's International Thought Part Three: ANARCHIST INTERNATIONAL THEORY Chapter 6: Polite Anarchy and Diplomacy Chapter 7: Conclusion