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This book collects works by the late Professor Martin Wight (1913-1972), an historian and scholar of international relations.
He conducted research on many topics, including British colonial history, European studies, international institutions, and the history and sociology of states-systems. He is nonetheless best known for his teaching about the political philosophy of international relations at the London School of Economics (1949-1961) and the University of Sussex (1961-1972). He is widely regarded as an intellectual ancestor and path-breaker of the 'English School' of international relations, even though this term only gained currency nine years after his death. While there is no generally accepted definition of the 'English School', it is usually construed as signifying an approach to the study of international relations more rooted in historical and humanistic learning than in the social sciences. Wight's achievements are consistent with this broad definition.
This volume includes works in four categories: (a) traditions of thinking about international relations since the sixteenth century; (b) the causes and functions of war; (c) international and regime legitimacy; and (d) fortune and irony in international politics. In addition to classic essays such as 'Why Is There No International Theory?' and 'Western Values in International Relations' that complement his posthumous 1991 book International Theory: The Three Traditions, this volume includes previously unpublished works on international legitimacy and the causes of war. Wight's analysis of legitimacy examines the evolution of thinking from dynastic to popular approaches, while his work on the causes of war builds on Thucydides and Hobbes.
Contents
Ian Hall: Foreword
Preface: Martin Wight's Scholarly Stature
1: Introduction: Martin Wight and the Political Philosophy of International Relations
2: Why Is There No International Theory?
3: An Anatomy of International Thought
4: Western Values in International Relations
5: Three Questions of Methodology
6: Machiavellian Temptations: Methodological Warning
7: The Balance of Power in The World in March 1939
8: Kaplan's System and Process
9: Is There a Philosophy of Statesmanship?
10: The Communist Theory of International Relations
11: The Idea of Just War
12: The Causes of War: An Historian's View
13: Gain, Fear, and Glory: Reflections on the Nature of International Politics
14: Correspondence about War in The Listener
15: On the Abolition of War: Observations on a Memorandum by Walter Millis
16: International Legitimacy
17: Reflections on International Legitimacy
18: Dynastic Legitimacy
19: Popular Legitimacy
20: What Confers Political Legitimacy in a Modern Society?
21: Note on Conquest and Cession
22: Fortune's Banter
23: Review of Hugh Ross Williamson, Charles and Cromwell
24: Review of E. H. Carr, The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939
25: Review of Friedrich Meinecke, Machiavellism: The Doctrine of Raison d'état and its Place in Modern History
26: Review of Richard W. Sterling, Ethics in a World of Power: The Political Ideas of Friedrich Meinecke
27: Review of Hans J. Morgenthau, Dilemmas of Politics, and Correspondence
28: Review of Kenneth W. Thompson, Political Realism and the Crisis of World Politics: An American Approach to Foreign Policy
29: Review of J. L. Talmon, Political Messianism: The Romantic Phase
30: Review of Raymond Aron, Peace and War: A Theory of International Relations
