Liberty Abroad: J. S. Mill on International Relations PDF
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more information - www.cambridge.org/9781107039148 LIBERTY ABROAD John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) is widely regarded as the pre-eminent thinker of the liberal tradition; and yet because his views on inter- nationalrelationscannotbetracedinanyparticularbookoressay,his politicalthoughtremainslargelymisunderstood. Liberty Abroad is the first comprehensive, critical study which bringstogetherallofJohnStuartMill’sextensivecontributionswith particularattentiontothehistoricalcontextsinwhichtheywerepro- duced,aswellasthepoliticalandphilosophicalpreoccupationsthat prompted them, and how they were received among his contempo- raries. As a leading Mill scholar, Dr Georgios Varouxakis combines an extraordinarycommandofMill’svariedandextensivewritingswitha meticulousmasteryofarangeofVictoriancontroversiesandthinkers togiveafull,subtleevaluationofamajoraspectofMill’sthought.This definitive study offers a major contribution to an area of increasing scholarlyinterest:thehistoryofinternationalpoliticalthought. dr georgios varouxakis isReaderintheHistoryofPolitical Thought in the School of History at Queen Mary, University of London.HeistheauthorofMillonNationality(2002)andVictorian PoliticalThoughtonFranceandtheFrench(2002)andtheco-editorof UtilitarianismandEmpire(2005)andJohnStuartMill:Thoughtand Influence–TheSaintofRationalism(2010). ideas in context EditedbyDavidArmitage,RichardBourke, JenniferPittsandJohnRobertson Thebooksinthisserieswilldiscusstheemergenceofintellectualtraditionsandof relatednewdisciplines.Theprocedures,aimsandvocabulariesthatweregenerated will be set in the context of the alternatives available within the contemporary frameworksofideasandinstitutions.Throughdetailedstudiesoftheevolutionof suchtraditions, and their modification by different audiences, it is hoped that a newpicturewillformofthedevelopmentofideasintheirconcretecontexts.By thismeans,artificialdistinctionsbetweenthehistoryofphilosophy,ofthevarious sciences,ofsocietyandpolitics,andofliteraturemaybeseentodissolve. TheseriesispublishedwiththesupportoftheExxonFoundation. Alistofbooksintheserieswillbefoundattheendofthevolume. LIBERTY ABROAD J. S. Mill on International Relations GEORGIOS VAROUXAKIS cambridge university press Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown, Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo,Delhi,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb28ru,UK PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYork www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107039148 (cid:2)C GeorgiosVarouxakis2013 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2013 PrintedandboundintheUnitedKingdombytheMPGBooksGroup AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata Varouxakis,Georgios,1966– Libertyabroad:J.S.Milloninternationalrelations/GeorgiosVarouxakis. pages cm.–(Ideasincontext) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn978-1-107-03914-8(hardback) 1.Internationalrelations–Philosophy. 2.Mill,JohnStuart,1806–1873. 3.Internationalrelations–Philosophy. I.Title. jz1305.v377 2013 327.101–dc23 2013005736 isbn978-1-107-03914-8Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredto inthispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuch websitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. ToBella,whosebookthisis Contents Acknowledgments pageviii 1 Introduction:Millandinternationalpolitics 1 2 Internationallawandinternationalmorality 19 3 Inter-statetreatiesandinternationalmorality 44 4 Re-definingnon-intervention 77 5 AfewwordsonMillonempire 101 6 Warandpeace 145 7 Conclusion 184 Bibliography 188 Index 214 vii Acknowledgments AsanyoneworkingonJ.S.Mill,IammostindebtedtothelateJohnM. Robson and his collaborators at the Mill Project of the University of TorontoforthesuperbeditionofMill’sCollectedWorks.Iamverygrateful toAnthonyHoweforallowingmeaccesstothecontentofthe3rdand4th volumes of The Letters of Richard Cobden long before their publication. I wouldliketothankDrAnneManuel,theLibrarianofSommervilleCollege Oxford, for being most helpful when I had to do research in what is left of J. S. Mill’s personal library; the staff at the British Library in general and at Manuscripts and at African and Asian Studies collections; at the BritishLibraryofPoliticalandEconomicScienceandattheArchivesatthe LSE;PrincetonUniversity’sFirestoneLibrary,UCLLibrary,SenateHouse Library, QMUL Library, IHR Library and the London Library. Richard Fisher,LizFriend-Smith,MaartjeScheltens,ChloeDawson,ChloeHarries andAmandaGeorgeofCUPhaveallbeenextremelyhelpfulandIamvery gratefultothem.CarolineMcPhersonhasbeenamostconscientiousand efficientcopy-editor.GeoffHollandhasproducedanextraordinarilywell- thought-throughanddetailedindexforwhichthereaderwillnodoubtbe asgratefulasI am.Iam mostgratefultotheEditorialBoardoftheseries Ideas in Context, both in its current and in its earlier composition, for their faith in the project as well as for their extremely helpful comments and suggestions after the initial proposal was submitted. I am also very indebted to the anonymous referees both for their recommendation of the book and for their very valuable suggestions. I owe an immense debt to Fred Rosen, who supervised my PhD thesis on Mill two decades ago, and has, ever since, been an unfailing and most generous friend. I am sorry I did not have the benefit of reading his new work on Mill fully beforecompletingthetypescript,butIamconfidentthatreaderswillfind hisbookextremelyenlightening.Fred’ssuccessorPhilipSchofieldandhis colleagues in the Bentham Project at UCL have always been very helpful and have provided a wonderful environment for research and discussion viii
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