A Genealogy of Sovereignty

The concept of sovereignty is central to international relations theory and theories of state formation, and provides the foundation of the conventional separation of modern politics into domestic and international spheres. In this book Jens Bartelson provides a critical analysis and conceptual history of sovereignty, dealing with this separation as reflected in philosophical and political texts during three periods: the Renaissance, the Classical Age, and Modernity. He argues that the concept of sovereignty and its place within political discourse are conditioned by philosophical and historiographical discontinuities between the periods, and that sovereignty should be regarded as a concept contingent upon, rather than fundamental to, political science and its history.

ISBN 052147888X   Weight (grammes) 490 ISBN13 9780521478885 (What's this?)   Published in Cambridge Publisher Cambridge University Press   Series editor Smith, Steve, Biersteker, Thomas, Brown, Chris Imprint Cambridge University Press   Series ISSN 39 Format Paperback   Series title Cambridge Studies in International Relations Publication date 06 Apr 1995   Previous ISBN 9780521473088 Library of Congress JC327 .B245 1995   Height (mm) 228 DEWEY 320.1509   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY edition DC20   Spine width (mm) 19 Pages 332   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Volumes 1

Preface; 1. Introduction: sovereignty and fire; 2. The problem: deconstructing sovereignty; 3. Beyond subject and structure: towards a genealogy of sovereignty; 4. Inventing outsides: proto-sovereignty, exempla and the general theory of the state in the Renaissance; 5. How policy became foreign: sovereignty, mathesis and interest in the Classical Age; 6. Reorganizing reality: sovereignty, Modernity and the international; 7. Conclusion: the end of sovereignty?

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