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The Myth of 1648
Teschke
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Winner of the 2003 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize
This book rejects a commonplace of European history: that the treaties of Westphalia not only closed the Thirty Years' War but also inaugurated a new international order driven by the interaction of territorial sovereign states. Benno Teschke, through this thorough and incisive critique, argues that this is not the case. Domestic 'social property relations' shaped international relations in continental Europe down to 1789 and even beyond. The dynastic monarchies that ruled during this time differed from their medieval predecessors in degree and form of personalization, but not in underlying dynamic. ... Read more
Winner of the 2003 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize
This book rejects a commonplace of European history: that the treaties of Westphalia not only closed the Thirty Years' War but also inaugurated a new international order driven by the interaction of territorial sovereign states. Benno Teschke, through this thorough and incisive critique, argues that this is not the case. Domestic 'social property relations' shaped international relations in continental Europe down to 1789 and even beyond. The dynastic monarchies that ruled during this time differed from their medieval predecessors in degree and form of personalization, but not in underlying dynamic. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844673728
SKU
V9781844673728
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About Teschke
Benno Teschke is professor in International Relations at the University of Sussex. He was previously a Lecturer in the Department of International Relations & Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea, and Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History at UCLA. Benno received his PhD from the Department of International Relations, London School of ... Read more
Reviews for The Myth of 1648
A seminal book which sets out to revolutionise the way we think about international relations ... an extraordinarily ambitious project carried through brilliantly to a triumphant success ... The book is destined to produce a new research programme in international theory.
Peter Gowan A truly first-rate piece of work ... he completely demolishes a reigning consensus.
Robert Brenner ... Read more
Peter Gowan A truly first-rate piece of work ... he completely demolishes a reigning consensus.
Robert Brenner ... Read more