Becoming International
Becoming International by Jens Bartelson, published by Cambridge University Press on October 26, 2023, is a scholarly exploration of the evolution of international relations. This 300-page work delves into how the modern world transitioned into an international system, examining the conceptualization of political relations from the sixteenth century to the present. Bartelson, a prominent scholar in the history of international thought, challenges conventional narratives that link the emergence of this system solely to the decline of empires.
In this edition, readers will find a comprehensive analysis that reinterprets the international system as a continuation of imperial relations rather than a distinct shift from empires to states. The book discusses how European concepts of nation and state were creatively appropriated by non-Europeans, leading to the development of an international framework that has evolved independently. Through this lens, Bartelson presents a global intellectual history that invites readers to reconsider the dynamics of political science and international relations.
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When and how did the modern world become an international one? Jens Bartelson, a leading scholar of the history of international thought, provides new answers to this question by analyzing how relations between polities have been conceptualized across different historical contexts from the sixteenth century to the present day. A global intellectual history of the international system, this book challenges the widespread assumption that this system emerged as a result of a transition from empires to states, instead proposing that the international realm is but a continuation of imperial relations by other means. Showing how the international system spread through the creative appropriation of European concepts of nation and state by non-Europeans, Bartelson argues that this system has taken on a life of its own, to the point of becoming an empire in its own right.
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