War, Religion and Empire The Transformation of International Orders

Name: War, Religion and Empire The Transformation of International Orders
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ISBN: 9780521122092

ISBN-10: 0521122090

ISBN-13: 9780521122092

Edition: 2010

Authors: Andrew Phillips

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What are international orders, how are they destroyed, and how can they be defended in the face of violent challenges? Andrew Phillips examines the ways in which war, religious fundamentalism, and the collapse of empires have transformed international orders from the Reformation to the 'war on terror'.

Book details

Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/23/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 382
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.06" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



List of tables


Acknowledgements


Introduction



Conceptual framework



What are international orders?



Accounting for the transformation of international orders



The historical transformation of international orders



The origins, constitution and decay of Latin Christendom



The collapse of Latin Christendom



Anarchy without society: Europe after Christendom and before sovereignty



The origins, constitution and decay of the Sinosphere



Heavenly Kingdom, imperial nemesis: Barbarians, martyrs and the crisis of the Sinosphere



Into the abyss: Civilisation, barbarism and the end of the Sinosphere



The great disorder and the birth of the East Asian sovereign state system



Contemporary challenges and future trajectories of world order



The jihadist terrorist challenge to the global state system


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index