Westphalia from Below: Humanitarian Intervention and the Myth of 1648

An original contribution to international ethics and humanitarian intervention, Westphalia From Below draws on history and IR...
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Author: Thomas Peak
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Westphalia from Below: Humanitarian Intervention and the Myth of 1648 by Peak, Thomas

Westphalia from Below: Humanitarian Intervention and the Myth of 1648

¥23,513

Westphalia from Below: Humanitarian Intervention and the Myth of 1648

¥23,513
Author: Thomas Peak
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
An original contribution to international ethics and humanitarian intervention, Westphalia From Below draws on history and IR theory to offer a fresh analysis of an insufficiently understood subject. This new history of the lead-up to 1648 exposes the mythical and problematic nature of the
Peace of Westphalia and its implications for international politics, questioning the impoverished visions of this landmark treaty that influence IR theory and humanitarian protection to this day.

IR is infused with perspectives from the humanities based on reconstructions of the mentalities of the Thirty Years' War. Scholars tell us that the Westphalia settlement instituted an absolutist understanding of sovereignty as a right and a strict principle of non-intervention, which was only later
displaced by the 'radical innovation' of humanitarian intervention--but Thomas Peak exposes this myth as a fabrication that cannot sustainably be upheld as a normative precept. He shows from the ground up that, in fact, Westphalia established an order grounded in human dignity, in which sovereignty
and intervention were not opposed. This true legacy of Westphalia has important and valuable connections with recent conceptions of international politics, particularly the legitimacy of intervention on humanitarian grounds. Peak's study is as relevant as it is refreshing.


Author: Thomas Peak
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 12/01/2021
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.74h x 5.84w x 1.16d
ISBN: 9781787383920

About the Author

Thomas Peak PhD is a research associate in the Department of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge. This is his first book.

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