TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vollerthun,Ursula
AU  - Richardson,J.L.
TI  - The idea of international society: Erasmus, Vitoria, Gentili and Grotius 
SN  - 9781108264945 (ebook)
AV  - JZ1305 .V66 2017
U1  - 327.101 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Erasmus, Desiderius,
KW  - Vitoria, Francisco de,
KW  - Gentili, Alberico,
KW  - Grotius, Hugo,
KW  - International relations
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Oct 2017); Three ways of thinking about international relations -- Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam -- Francisco de Vitoria -- Alberico Gentili -- Hugo Grotius
N2  - This book offers the first comprehensive account and re-appraisal of the formative phase of what is often termed the'Grotian tradition' in international relations theory: the view that sovereign states are not free to act at will, but are akin to members of a society, bound by its norms. It examines the period from the later fifteenth to the mid-seventeenth centuries, focusing on four thinkers: Erasmus, Vitoria, Gentili and Grotius himself, and is structured by the author's concept of international society. Erasmus' views on international relations have been entirely neglected, but underlying his work is a consistent image of international society. The theologian Francisco de Vitoria concerns himself with its normative principles, the lawyer Alberico Gentili - unexpectedly, the central figure in the narrative - with its extensive practical applications. Grotius, however, does not re-affirm the concept, but wavers at crucial points. This book suggests that the Grotian tradition is a misnomer
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108264945
ER  -