Four Seminal Thinkers in International Theory
Machiavelli, Grotius, Kant, and Mazzini
Published on 23. December 2004
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Hardback
232 pages
978-0-19-927367-6 (ISBN)
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Martin Wight was one of the most profound and influential thinkers on international relations of his time; and his work is increasingly discussed, appraised, and drawn upon today.
His earlier volume of posthumously-published lectures - International Theory: The Three Traditions - is now regarded as a seminal text. That volume is here complemented and completed. In these four lectures Wight takes the archetypal thinkers of the three traditions - Machiavelli, Grotius, and Kant - to whom he adds Mazzini, the father of all revolutionary nationalism (and so the prototype of such as Nehru, Nasser, and Mandela) and subjects their writings and careers to a masterly analysis and commentary.
This volume has been prepared and edited by Gabriele Wight and Brian Porter, and contains an important new introduction to Wight's thought by Professor David S. Yost. The volume also contains a preface by Sir Michael Howard, CH.
His earlier volume of posthumously-published lectures - International Theory: The Three Traditions - is now regarded as a seminal text. That volume is here complemented and completed. In these four lectures Wight takes the archetypal thinkers of the three traditions - Machiavelli, Grotius, and Kant - to whom he adds Mazzini, the father of all revolutionary nationalism (and so the prototype of such as Nehru, Nasser, and Mandela) and subjects their writings and careers to a masterly analysis and commentary.
This volume has been prepared and edited by Gabriele Wight and Brian Porter, and contains an important new introduction to Wight's thought by Professor David S. Yost. The volume also contains a preface by Sir Michael Howard, CH.
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Language
English
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Oxford
United Kingdom
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
464 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-927367-6 (9780199273676)
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Four Seminal Thinkers in International Theory
Machiavelli, Grotius, Kant, and Mazzini
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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.
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.
Content
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