04356nam a22005655i 4500 978-3-031-69929-0 DE-He213 20251030114553.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241130s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031699290 978-3-031-69929-0 10.1007/978-3-031-69929-0 doi JC11-607 JPA bicssc POL010000 bisacsh JPA thema King, Joshua. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 88278 Rousseau and the Limits of the Liberal International Order [electronic resource] / by Joshua King. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XXIII, 194 p. 5 illus., 3 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought, 2634-5226 Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Emile’s Invitation to Study International Politics -- Chapter 3: The Politics of Amour Propre: Constructing the International -- Chapter 4: The Foreign Policy of the Social Contract -- Chapter 5: The Tragedy of Small Power Politics: Rousseau’s Considerations on the Government of Poland -- CHAPTER 6: The Limits of International Cooperation -- Conclusion. Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s international thought anticipates many of the political dynamics that have arisen through globalization and great power competition. Rousseau and the Limits of the Liberal International Order considers Rousseau as a critic and a reformer of international politics, arguing that Rousseau’s account of liberty drives his approach to the international realm. Rousseau’s work provides an incisive critique. He dismantles notions of economic rationalism, rejects the preference for administration over self-governance, and encourages strategies of resistance as a meaningful response to great power rivalry. To address these concerns, Rousseau affirms an approach to international politics that is closely related to his account of political liberty. For Rousseau, liberty develops through one’s carefully chosen obligations that encourage self-rule, limit dependence on others, and constrain the irrational motives of politics. To pursue these goals, Rousseau proposes civic education and national institutions that cultivate a sense shared of humanity and limit the use of war. These alternatives moderate the desire for status and establish a form of national interest directed towards contentment and pluralism rather than competition. Rousseau acknowledges significant limits to these solutions. Citizenship creates substantive divisions among human beings, and the pursuit of national self-sufficiency may leave the state vulnerable to more powerful neighbors. Emphasizing these trade-offs draws attention to competing sources of human obligation and to the unsatisfying ways that international politics attempts to harmonize them. Joshua King is an Assistant Professor of American Politics and Deputy Director of the Graduate Scholarship Program, United States Military Academy West Point, USA. Political science. 58714 International relations. 58103 Critical theory. 58083 Materialism. 40395 Political Theory. 70609 International Relations Theory. 68303 Critical Theory. 58083 Materialism. 40395 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031699283 Printed edition: 9783031699306 Printed edition: 9783031699313 The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought, 2634-5226 88279 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69929-0 ZDB-2-POS ZDB-2-SXPI 65334 65334