TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vollerthun, Ursula
AU  - Richardson, James L.
TI  - The idea of international society: Erasmus, Vitoria, Gentili and Grotius
SN  - 9781108404631
U1  - 327.101 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - International relations--Philosophy
N1  - Table of Contents
1. Three ways of thinking about international relations
2. Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam
3. Francisco de Vitoria
4. Alberico Gentili
5. Hugo Grotius
6. Conclusion
N2  - This book offers the first comprehensive account and re-appraisal of the formative phase of what is often termed the 'Grotian tradition' in international relations theory: the view that sovereign states are not free to act at will, but are akin to members of a society, bound by its norms. It examines the period from the later fifteenth to the mid-seventeenth centuries, focusing on four thinkers: Erasmus, Vitoria, Gentili and Grotius himself, and is structured by the author's concept of international society. Erasmus' views on international relations have been entirely neglected, but underlying his work is a consistent image of international society. The theologian Francisco de Vitoria concerns himself with its normative principles, the lawyer Alberico Gentili - unexpectedly, the central figure in the narrative - with its extensive practical applications. Grotius, however, does not re-affirm the concept, but wavers at crucial points. This book suggests that the Grotian tradition is a misnomer
ER  -