Westphalia From Below (e-bog) af Peak, Thomas
Peak, Thomas (forfatter)

Westphalia From Below e-bog

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An original contribution to international ethics and humanitarian intervention,Westphalia From Belowdraws on history and IR theory to offer a fresh analysis of an insufficiently understood subject. This new history of the lead-up to 1648 exposes the mythical and problematic nature of the Peace of Westphalia and its implications for international politics, questioning the impoverished visions of...
E-bog 348,37 DKK
Forfattere Peak, Thomas (forfatter)
Udgivet 13 december 2021
Længde 292 sider
Genrer International relations
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781787386341
An original contribution to international ethics and humanitarian intervention,Westphalia From Belowdraws on history and IR theory to offer a fresh analysis of an insufficiently understood subject. This new history of the lead-up to 1648 exposes the mythical and problematic nature of the Peace of Westphalia and its implications for international politics, questioning the impoverished visions of this landmark treaty that influence IR theory and humanitarian protection to this day.IR is infused with perspectives from the humanities based on reconstructions of the mentalities of the Thirty Years War. Scholars tell us that the Westphalia settlement instituted an absolutist understanding of sovereignty as a right and a strict principle of non-intervention, which was only later displaced by the radical innovation of humanitarian interventionbut Thomas Peak exposes this myth as a fabrication that cannot sustainably be upheld as a normative precept. He shows from the ground up that, in fact, Westphalia established an order grounded in human dignity, in which sovereignty and intervention were not opposed. This true legacy of Westphalia has important and valuable connections with recent conceptions of international politics, particularly the legitimacy of intervention on humanitarian grounds. Peaks study is as relevant as it is refreshing.