Before Anarchy: Hobbes and his Critics in Modern International Thought PDF
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BeforeAnarchy Howdidthe“Hobbesianstateofnature”andthe“discourseofanar- chy” – separated by three centuries – come to be seen as virtually synonymous?BeforeAnarchyoffersanovelaccountofHobbes’sinter- personal and international state of nature and rejects two dominant views. Inone,international relations isa warlike Hobbesian anarchy, and in the other, state sovereignty eradicates the state of nature. In combiningthecontextualistmethodinthehistoryofpoliticalthought and the historiographical method in international relations theory, Before Anarchy traces Hobbes’s analogy between natural men and sovereignstatesanditsreceptionbyPufendorf,Rousseau,andVattel, in showing their intellectual convergence with Hobbes. Far from defendinga“realist”internationaltheory,theleadingpoliticalthinkers of early modernity were precursors of the most enlightened liberal theoryofinternationalsocietytoday.Bydemolishingtwentieth-century anachronisms, Before Anarchy bridges the divide between political theory,internationalrelations,andintellectualhistory. TheodoreChristovisAssistantProfessorofHistoryandInternational AffairsatGeorgeWashingtonUniversityinWashington,DC,wherehe teaches intellectual history and political theory. He is also a faculty affiliateattheInstituteforEuropean,RussianandEurasianStudiesat theElliottSchoolofInternationalAffairs.Hehaspreviouslyservedas Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Theory at Northwestern University.Hisresearchinterestslieininternationalpoliticalthought, early modern and modern political theory, and classical theories of internationalrelations.HehaspublishedonHobbesandinternational thought, Vattel and the liberal state, and the federal idea of early modernEurope. Before Anarchy Hobbes and His Critics in Modern International Thought THEODORE CHRISTOV GeorgeWashingtonUniversity 32AvenueoftheAmericas,NewYork,ny10013-2473,usa CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107114531 ©TheodoreChristov2015 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2015 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Christov,Theodore. Beforeanarchy:Hobbesandhiscriticsinmoderninternationalthought/TheodoreChristov. pages cm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn978-1-107-11453-1(hardback) 1. Internationalrelations–Philosophy. 2. Politicalscience–Philosophy. 3. Hobbes,Thomas,1588–1679–Criticismandinterpretation. I. Title. jz1305.c475 2015 320.101–dc23 2015024722 isbn978-1-107-11453-1Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof urlsforexternalorthird-partyInternetWebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchWebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. TherelivesnogreaterfiendthanAnarchy; Sheruinsstates,turnshousesoutofdoors, Breaksupinrouttheembattledsoldiery; WhileDisciplinepreservesthemultitude Oftheorderedhostalive. Sophocles,Antigone Contents Acknowledgements pageix part i hobbesian variations 1 1 Introduction:HobbesAfterAnarchy 3 TheGreatDivide 6 Hobbes’sTwoAfterlives 14 TheDiscourseofAnarchy 20 OutlineoftheBook 24 Bibliography 28 2 HobbesBeforeAnarchy 33 Peleau’sParadox 36 StatesofNature 43 MushroomMen 49 TheFictionalSolitary 57 Bibliography 64 3 HobbesWithoutAnarchy 67 FromFewtoMany 69 TheLoquaciousMultitude 74 SaviorsandSaved 81 TheLibertyofServants 85 CovenantsofCohabitation 89 Familiesas“SmallCommonwealths” 96 Bibliography 103 4 HobbesAgainstAnarchy 104 Un-HobbesianRealism 106 StatesasPersons 111 LawsofNations 115 PeaceLeagues 122 vii viii Contents Anti-Imperialism 128 Bibliography 136 part ii hobbesian receptions 141 5 Pufendorf’sAnti-HobbesianCamouflage 143 AClosetedHobbesian 146 TheDisguiseofSocialitas 152 FromFamiliestoStates 157 ThePufendorf–CumberlandAlliance 161 Cumberland’sInsinuation 166 Bibliography 171 6 Pufendorf’sInternationalThought 175 InternationalSociability 179 AlliancesofUtility 186 SystemsofStates 190 NonfreeTrade 196 NativePeoples’Rights 200 Bibliography 207 7 RousseauandtheQuestforPeace 211 Escapingthe“PerfectHobbism” 216 NaturalLibertyofStates 218 RootlessCosmopolitanism 223 EuropeasGeneva 227 Bibliography 232 8 VatteltheSorryComforter 234 VattelContraRousseau 238 ImperfectObligations 244 AllStatesCreatedEqual 249 SanctityofTreaties 254 EuropeintheBalance 259 Bibliography 265 Epilogue:GlobalizingPoliticalThought 269 Sovereignty:ContagiousandStubborn 271 InternationalPoliticalTheory:Whereto? 276 Bibliography 280 Index 283
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