Thinkers of the Twenty Years' Crisis : Inter-War Idealism Reassessed: Inter-War Idealism ReassessedDavid Long, Peter Wilson Clarendon Press, Dec 14, 1995 - 360 pages This book reassesses the contribution to international thought of some of the most important thinkers of the inter-war period. It takes as its starting point E. H. Carr's famous critique which, more than any other work, established the reputation of the period as the `utopian' or `idealist' phase of international relations theorizing. This characterization of inter-war thought is scrutinized through ten detailed studies of such writers as Norman Angell, J. A. Hobson, J. M. Keynes, David Mitrany, and Alfred Zimmern. The studies demonstrate the diversity of perspectives within `idealism' and call into question the descriptive and analytical value of the entire notion. It is concluded that `idealism' is an overly general term, useful for scoring debating points rather than providing a helpful category for analysis. |
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Page vii
... analysis , nor as uniform in their outlook , as the received wisdom suggests . The central purpose of the volume is to examine the extent to which it is still , in the post - Cold War world , either accurate or appropriate to label ...
... analysis , nor as uniform in their outlook , as the received wisdom suggests . The central purpose of the volume is to examine the extent to which it is still , in the post - Cold War world , either accurate or appropriate to label ...
Page 1
... analysis of contemporary international problems ; and its ability , fifty years on , to provoke and excite the intellect . The ability to continue to provoke and excite is due partly to the book's dramatic quality . Written at a time of ...
... analysis of contemporary international problems ; and its ability , fifty years on , to provoke and excite the intellect . The ability to continue to provoke and excite is due partly to the book's dramatic quality . Written at a time of ...
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... dominance was not as extensive as Carr initially suggested : the twenty years ' crisis was in fact more like a twelve or fifteen years ' crisis . The subtleties and ambiguities in Carr's analysis , and the INTRODUCTION.
... dominance was not as extensive as Carr initially suggested : the twenty years ' crisis was in fact more like a twelve or fifteen years ' crisis . The subtleties and ambiguities in Carr's analysis , and the INTRODUCTION.
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... analysis , and the way in which he qualifies in the second half of the book much of what he says in the first , have rarely been noted in post - 1945 accounts of inter - war thought.23 Dissatisfaction with these accounts is one of the ...
... analysis , and the way in which he qualifies in the second half of the book much of what he says in the first , have rarely been noted in post - 1945 accounts of inter - war thought.23 Dissatisfaction with these accounts is one of the ...
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... analysis of the interests of the ' status quo ' powers vis a vis the ' revisionist powers . Miller argues that both ways of conceiving interests are realistic , though in sharply contrasting senses . Carr is correct in that certain ...
... analysis of the interests of the ' status quo ' powers vis a vis the ' revisionist powers . Miller argues that both ways of conceiving interests are realistic , though in sharply contrasting senses . Carr is correct in that certain ...
Contents
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David Davies and the Enforcement of Peace | 58 |
The League | 79 |
Norman Angell and Rationality in International | 100 |
Leonard Woolf and International Government | 122 |
J A Hobson and Economic Internationalism | 161 |
J M Keynes Idealism and the Economic | 189 |
David Mitrany and International Functionalism | 214 |
Lord Lothian and the Federalist Critique of National | 247 |
Arnold Toynbee Chatham House and Research | 277 |
InterWar Idealism Liberal | 302 |
Select Bibliography | 329 |
Index | 341 |
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