social constructs and international systems Hall, Rodney Bruce 1960- creator text enk New York Columbia University Press 1999 monographic eng

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xv, 397 p. ; 24 cm. Pt. I. Collective Identity and International Relations Theory. 1. International Relations Without Nations? 2. Social Identities and Social Systems. 3. Identities and Social Orders: International Systems in Modern History -- Pt. II. Territorial-Sovereign Identity. 4. Raison d'Etat and Territorial Sovereignty: Mercantilist Absolutism and Eighteenth-Century Imperialism. 5. Territorial-Sovereign Identity and the Seven Years' War -- Pt. III. National-Sovereign Identity. 6. The Emergence of National-Sovereign Identity: Revolutionary Nationalism and Reaction. 7. Use and Misuse of the Principle of Nationality: The Demise of the Second Empire and the Birth of the Second Reich. 8. National Sovereignty and the New Imperialism: The Global Transmission of Bourgeois-National Identity and Culture. 9. "Over-the-Top" and "Over There": Status Contests Among National-Sovereigns -- Pt. IV. Conclusions and Implications. 10. The Helpless Colossus: The Politics of Identity and Hopeful Nondeterminism. Rodney Bruce Hall. Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-364) and index. International relations and culture International relations Philosophy 320.12 HAN 0231111509 0231111517 98027127 DLC 991117 20170521141444.0 734767 eng