Interstate relations in classical Greece : morality and power
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Interstate relations in classical Greece : morality and power
(Cambridge classical studies)
Cambridge University Press, 2007
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-298) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this book Dr Low explores the assumptions and principles which determined the conduct and representation of interstate politics in Greece during the fifth and fourth centuries BC. She employs a wide range of ancient evidence, both epigraphic and literary, as well as some contemporary theoretical approaches from the field of International Relations. Taking a thematic rather than a chronological approach, she addresses topics such as the nature of interstate society in the Greek world; the sources, scope and enforcement of 'international law'; the nature of interstate ethics and morality; interventionism and imperialism; and the question of change and stability. She argues that classical Greece's reputation for unrestrained and unsophisticated diplomacy is undeserved, and shows that relations between Greek city-states were shaped by and judged according to a complex network of customs, beliefs and expectations which pervaded all areas of interstate behaviour.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. International Relations and Ancient History: 1. A case study: Professor Sir Alfred Zimmern
- 2. Traditions of international relations: the history of the discipline
- 3. International relations and ancient history
- 4. Idealism, realism, and the problem of norms
- 5. Conclusion: the Ecclesia and the League of Nations
- Part II. Structuring Interstate Relations: 1. Introduction: society, system, and anarchy
- 2. No such thing as society? A system of reciprocal relationships
- 3. Reciprocity as the basis for a society
- 4. Multilateral societies and panhellenic communities
- 5. Conclusion: some examples
- Part III. An Anarchic Society? International Law and International Custom: 1. Introduction: law and society
- 2. Greek law, international law and Greek international law
- 3. The sources and scope of Greek international law
- 4. Application, enforcement and the problem of sanctions
- 5. Conclusions
- Part IV. Domestic Morality, Interstate Morality: 1. Introduction: a domestic analogy?
- 2. Moral language: individuals and groups, selves and others
- 3. Assumptions of and arguments for similarity
- 4. Arguments for difference? Power, self-interest and justice
- 5. Conclusions
- Part V. Norms and Politics: The Problem of Intervention: 1. Introduction: the importance of intervention
- 2. Helping the wronged: intervention as an ideal
- 3. Intervention, autonomy and autonomia
- 4. Intervention, imperialism and ideology
- 5. Conclusions
- Part VI. Stability and Change: 1. Introduction: an evaded dimension
- 2. A stable system
- 3. The problem of Thucydides
- 4. The Athenian Empire: structures, institutions and ethics
- 5. Conclusion.
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