From Hierarchy to Anarchy
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From Hierarchy to Anarchy

Territory and Politics before Westphalia

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eBook - PDF

From Hierarchy to Anarchy

Territory and Politics before Westphalia

About this book

This bookconsiders the rise of territoriality in international relations. Larkins takes the reader on a tour that moves from the mental horizons of Medieval European thought to the Renaissance. The end product is a theoretical and historical account of a momentous transformation that ultimately gives rise to the territorial state.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1 Introduction: Territoriality, Westphalia, and International Relations
  6. 2 International Relations, Political Theory, and the Territorial State
  7. 3 Theorizing Territoriality: Discourse, Culture, History
  8. 4 Hierarchy, Order, and Space in the Medieval World
  9. 5 Christendom, Hierarchy, and Medieval Political Discourse
  10. 6 The Renaissance Critique of Hierarchy
  11. 7 Machiavelli, Territoriality, and Lo Stato
  12. 8 Picturing Renaissance Territoriality
  13. 9 The Renaissance Territorialization of International Society
  14. 10 Conclusion: Territoriality, the Renaissance, and International Relations
  15. Notes
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index