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Sovereignty: Moral and Historical Perspectives
James Turner Johnson
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Description for Sovereignty: Moral and Historical Perspectives
Paperback. Explores the historical idea of sovereignty as moral responsibility of government for the common good and its implications for contemporary issues such as the Responsibility to Protect, military intervention, radical Islam, and the possibilities for cross-cultural dialogue. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM2; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 238.
Sovereignty generally refers to a particular national territory, the inviolability of the nation's borders, and the right of that nation to protect its borders and ensure internal stability. From the Middle Ages until well into the Modern Period, however, another concept of sovereignty held sway: responsibility for the common good. James Turner Johnson argues that these two conceptions -- sovereignty as self-defense and sovereignty as acting on behalf of the common good -- are in conflict and suggests that international bodies must acknowledge this tension. Johnson explores this earlier concept of sovereignty as moral responsibility in its historical development ... Read more
Sovereignty generally refers to a particular national territory, the inviolability of the nation's borders, and the right of that nation to protect its borders and ensure internal stability. From the Middle Ages until well into the Modern Period, however, another concept of sovereignty held sway: responsibility for the common good. James Turner Johnson argues that these two conceptions -- sovereignty as self-defense and sovereignty as acting on behalf of the common good -- are in conflict and suggests that international bodies must acknowledge this tension. Johnson explores this earlier concept of sovereignty as moral responsibility in its historical development ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
238g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781626160569
SKU
V9781626160569
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About James Turner Johnson
James Turner Johnson is Distinguished Professor of Religion and a professor in the graduate program in political science at Rutgers University. He has received Rockefeller, Guggenheim, and National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships and various other research grants and has directed two NEH summer seminars. He is the author of eleven books and editor or coeditor of five others, including ... Read more
Reviews for Sovereignty: Moral and Historical Perspectives
Concise, lucid, and readable. . . Sovereignty is a welcome contribution to the philosophy of international politics.
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