Jean-Jacques Rousseau and international relations
Author
Karaosmanoğlu, Kerem
Advisor
Keyman, Fuat
Date
1996Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate the problematic character
of a specific interpretation of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's views concerning
international relations by focusing on the 'special' relationship between
political theory and international relations theory. To a great extent,
Rousseau is supposed to have provided (along others such as
MachiavelU, Hobbes and Thucydides) a philosophical pretext for the
'reaüst school' of international relations. By referring both to Rousseau
himself and to some alternative interpretations, a profile of a different
Rousseau is drawn unlike the realist version. Both the extent of
Rousseau's realism and the scientific validity of the realist/idealist
opposition are the primary concerns.