Table Of ContentPolite Anarchy in International
Relations Theory
Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought
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Th e Hidden History of Realism: A Genealogy Polite Anarchy in International Relations
of Power Politics Th eory
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Polite Anarchy in International
Relations Theory
Zaheer Kazmi
POLITE ANARCHY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
Copyright © Zaheer Kazmi, 2012.
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Quotations from the following unpublished manuscripts from the Abinger
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kazmi, Zaheer.
Polite anarchy in international relations theory / by Zaheer Kazmi
p. cm.—(The Palgrave Macmillan history of international thought)
1. International relations. 2. International relations—Philosophy.
3. Anarchism. I. Kazmi, Zaheer A. II. Title.
JZ1305.K379 2012
327.101—dc22 2012022289
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To the memory of my father
Syed Sajjad Haider Kazmi
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Contents
Note from the Series Editors ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: The Ideological Discourse of Anarchy 1
Part I Anarchism and International Relations
1 Revisiting Anarchism 17
2 Anarchism and International Theory 51
Part II William Godwin and Polite Anarchy
3 Contesting the State in 1790s Britain 79
4 The Polite Anarchist 103
5 Godwin’s International Thought 139
Part III Anarchist International Theory
6 Polite Anarchy and Diplomacy 173
Conclusion 207
Notes 211
Bibliography 263
Index 283
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Description:An innovative re-evaluation of the concept of anarchy in theorizing diplomacy between states which draws on a historically sensitive re-evaluation of the ideological uses of politeness in the anarchist thought of William Godwin.
