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International Political Theory Copyrighted Material II II Sage Politics Texts Series Editor IAN HOLLIDAY City University of Hong Kong SAGE Politics Texts offer authoritative and accessible analyses of core issues in contemporary political science and international relations. Each text combines a comprehensive overview of key debates and concepts with fresh and original insights. By extending across all main areas of the discipline, SAGE Politics Texts constitute a comprehensive body of contemporary analysis. They are ideal for use on advanced courses and in research. Copyrighted Material International Political Theory Rethinking Ethics In a Global Era Kimberly Hutchings SAGE Publications London • Thousand Oaks • New Delhi Copyrighted Material © Kimberly Hutchings 1999 First published 1999 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without permission in writing from the Publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd 6 Bonhill Street London EC2A 4PU SAGE Publications Inc. 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd 32, M-Block Market Greater Kailash - I New Delhi 110 048 British Library Cataloguing in Publication data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7619 5515 1 ISBN 0 7619 5516 X (pbk) Library of Congress catalog card number 99-73845 Typeset by Mayhew Typesetting, Rhayader, Powys Printed in Great Britain by Athenaeum Press, Gateshead Copyrighted Material This book is dedicated to the memory of Vera Hooley 1902-1997 Copyrighted Material Copyrighted Material II II Summary of Contents PART ONE: MAINSTREAM DEBATES: NORMATIVE INTERNATIONAL THEORY 1 1 Idealism and Realism 1 2 The Ethics of International Politics 28 PART TWO: CRITICAL CHALLENGES: RETHINKING INTERNA TIONAL THEORY 55 3 Theorizing International Politics 55 4 The Politics of International Theory 91 PART THREE: FUTURE DIRECTIONS: DOING INTERNA TIONAL POLITICAL THEORY 121 5 Self-Determination 121 6 Political Cosmopolitanism 153 CONCLUSION 182 7 International Politics as Ethical Life 182 Copyrighted Material II II Contents Preface x Introduction xi PART ONE: MAINSTREAM DEBATES: NORMATIVE INTERNATIONAL THEORY 1 1 Idealism and Realism 1 Introduction 1 Idealism 6 Realism 13 Conclusion 23 2 The Ethics of International Politics 28 Introduction 28 The morality of states 31 Moral cosmopolitanism 35 Moral communitarianism 42 Between moral cosmopolis and moral community 47 Conclusion 50 PART TWO: CRITICAL CHALLENGES: RETHINKING INTERNATIONAL THEORY 55 3 Theorizing International Politics 55 Introduction 55 International society, or the middle way 56 From Marxism to critical theory 63 Postmodernism 76 Feminism 82 Conclusion 87 Copyrighted Material CONTENTS ix 4 The Politics of International Theory 91 Introduction 91 The case against Hegel 93 Revisiting Hegel 98 Foucault and the nature of political theory 110 Hegel versus Foucault 114 Conclusion 117 PART THREE: FUTURE DIRECTIONS: DOING INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL THEORY 121 5 Self-Determination 121 Introduction 121 Which selves, what determination? 123 Deconstructing selves and self-determination 135 Normative judgement beyond deconstruction 143 Conclusion 147 6 Political Cosmopolitanism 153 Introduction 153 Modelling cosmopolitan democracy 157 Radical democratic pluralism 166 The reading of history 172 Conclusion 178 CONCLUSION 182 7 International Politics as Ethical Life 182 Bibliography 185 Index 202 Copyrighted Material
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