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Ideas in Context: Series Number 116: Trust in Early Modern International Political Thought, 1598-1713
Peter Schroder
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Description for Ideas in Context: Series Number 116: Trust in Early Modern International Political Thought, 1598-1713
hardcover. This book examines how trust relates to the main political concepts - sovereignty, reason of state, natural law - of seventeenth-century discourse? Series: Ideas in Context. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 3JD; JFCX; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Can there ever be trust between states? This study explores the concept of trust across different and sometimes antagonistic genres of international political thought during the seventeenth century. The natural law and reason of state traditions worked on different assumptions, but they mutually influenced each other. How have these traditions influenced the different concepts and discussions of trust-building? Bringing together international political thought and international law, Schroeder analyses to what extent trust can be seen as one of the foundational concepts in the theorising of interstate relations in this decisive period. Despite the ongoing search for conditions of trust between ... Read more
Can there ever be trust between states? This study explores the concept of trust across different and sometimes antagonistic genres of international political thought during the seventeenth century. The natural law and reason of state traditions worked on different assumptions, but they mutually influenced each other. How have these traditions influenced the different concepts and discussions of trust-building? Bringing together international political thought and international law, Schroeder analyses to what extent trust can be seen as one of the foundational concepts in the theorising of interstate relations in this decisive period. Despite the ongoing search for conditions of trust between ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Ideas in Context
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107175464
SKU
V9781107175464
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Ref
99-16
About Peter Schroder
Peter Schroeder is Senior Lecturer in Early Modem History at University College London. He has published widely on the history of political thought, including recent works on Hobbes, the Thirty Years War and international relations, and has also written for a number of journals including the History of Political Thought and German History.
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