The myth of 1648
Subtitle: class, geopolitics, and the making of modern international relations
By: Benno Teschke
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781844673728
Subjects: Politics and government; International relations; Social conditions; History; Foreign relations; The State
Description: The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 is widely interpreted as the foundation of modern international relations. Benno Teschke exposes this as a myth. In the process he provides a fresh reinterpretation of the making of modern international relations from the eighth to the 18th century.
Notes: Originally published: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-296) and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins and evolution of the modern states-system: the debate in international relations theory; title: A theory of geopolitical relations in the European Middle Ages; title: The medieval making of a multi-actor Europe; title: Transitions and non-transitions to modernity: a critique of rival paradigms; title: L'etat, c'est moi!: the logic of absolutist state formation; title: The early modern international political economy: mercantilism and maritime empire-building; title: Demystifying the Westphalian states-system; title: Towards the modern states-system: international relations from abolutism to capitalism.