Ian Hall - British International Thinkers from Hobbes to Namier [2009][A]

Book Description
Release date: December 8, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0230608493 | ISBN-13: 978-0230608498
In the modern era, British thinkers have made significant – indeed perhaps even disproportionate – contributions to our understanding of the workings of international relations. This book brings together eleven original essays by an inter-disciplinary team of historians, political theorists and international relations specialists that reconsider some of those contributions and their legacies. It aims to provide new insights into the work of thinkers from Thomas Hobbes and Edmund Burke to Goldsworthy Lowes and Lewis Namier as well as to advance the study of the history of international thought.

Review
“This book is an informative addition to the literature responding to the current renewed interest in the history of the discipline. By taking as its temporal scope the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, it constitutes a healthy reminder that our contemporary theorizing on IR rests on a long-developing pattern of inquiry and that the most recent expression of an observation may not constitute the most profound or apt formulation. By taking as its geographical/cultural/political scope the writings of British international thinkers, it recognizes the need for focus in such an investigation, and it provides a ready-made response to the inevitable special pleaders who would ask, ‘But where is my favorite writer?’ Given the increasing attention paid to the contributions of the English School to IR theory, it is both a timely intervention and a valuable resource.”--David Clinton, Professor of Political Science, Baylor University

About the Author
Ian Hall is Senior Lecturer of International Relations, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. He is the author of The International Thought of Martin Wight (2006) and a number of articles on international relations theory.
Lisa Hill is Professor of Politics in the School of History and Politics at the University of Adelaide, Australia. Her recent publications include The Passionate Society: The Social, Political and Moral Thought of Adam Ferguson (2006) and (with L. Chappell and J. Chesterman) The Politics of Human Rights in Australia (2009).