This book assesses the impact of the work of Chris Brown in the field of International Political Theory. The volume engages with general issues of IPT as well as basic issues such as the use and role of practical reasoning and presents a nuanced understanding about issues regarding the legitimacy of war and violence. It explores questions that pertain to human rights, morality, and ethics, and generally an outlook for devising a better world. The project is ideal for audiences with interest in International Relations, Ethics and Morality Studies and International Political Theory.
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1 Introduction: The Politics of International Political Theory |
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Part I Judgement, Reason, and Humanity |
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2 Dogmatic Anti-dogmatism: Learning from Chris Brown |
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3 The Politics of Judgement in International Political Theory |
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4 Practical Judgement: Inconsistent---Or Incoherent? |
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5 Humanity in International Political Theory: Chris Brown and the Principles, Politics and Practice of Humanitarianism |
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Part II War and Violence, Human Rights and Global Institutions |
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6 Between Sovereign Judgment and the International Rule of Law: The Protection of People from Mass Atrocities |
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7 War and the `Brotherhood of Hooliganism' |
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8 Emotions and Political Limitations: Working Through the Broken Middle with Chris Brown |
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141 | (18) |
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9 The Politics of Human Rights |
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159 | (22) |
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181 | (18) |
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11 Cultural Incomprehension and the Tragic Sense of Life |
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12 Chris Brown's Liberal Conservatism, the Process of Moral Learning and Global Institutional Transformations |
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243 | (14) |
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14 Postscriptum: Chris Brown, and International Political Theory Anywhere Else but in Bayreuth |
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Index |
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Mathias Albert is Professor of Political Science at Bielefeld University, Germany. He is author of Ordnung und Regieren in der Weltgesellschaft (2018) and A Theory of World Politics (2016). Anthony F. Lang Jr. is Professor of International Political Theory in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK.