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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... International Relations and tutor - in - charge of European Studies at the University of Keele . He has written an ... Politics at Merton Col- lege , Oxford , and University Lecturer in Politics . He came to Oxford as an Australian ...
... International Relations and tutor - in - charge of European Studies at the University of Keele . He has written an ... Politics at Merton Col- lege , Oxford , and University Lecturer in Politics . He came to Oxford as an Australian ...
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... political history , federalism , and the Cold War . From 1988 to 1994 he was Secretary of the Round Table . j. D. B. Miller is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the Australian National University , Canberra . He was Pro ...
... political history , federalism , and the Cold War . From 1988 to 1994 he was Secretary of the Round Table . j. D. B. Miller is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the Australian National University , Canberra . He was Pro ...
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... politics.37 First , he contends that the post - Cold War world may be a ' far more inviting home for the principles Wilson advocated to guide international conduct ' than the world after the First World 10 PETER WILSON.
... politics.37 First , he contends that the post - Cold War world may be a ' far more inviting home for the principles Wilson advocated to guide international conduct ' than the world after the First World 10 PETER WILSON.
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... international politics , and overestimating the role of law and morality.46 Thirdly , Carr criticized Utopians for failing to recognize that their espousal of universal interests amounted to nothing more than promotion and defence of a ...
... international politics , and overestimating the role of law and morality.46 Thirdly , Carr criticized Utopians for failing to recognize that their espousal of universal interests amounted to nothing more than promotion and defence of a ...
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... politics from economics ( a charge that could also be levelled at Hans Morgenthau ) .57 The postwar abridgement of ... international questions during the inter - war period was immense . This does not , of course , come as any great surprise ...
... politics from economics ( a charge that could also be levelled at Hans Morgenthau ) .57 The postwar abridgement of ... international questions during the inter - war period was immense . This does not , of course , come as any great surprise ...
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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