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War, religion and empire : the transformation of international orders

Phillips, Andrew, 1977-

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\"What are international orders, how are they destroyed, and how can they be defended in the face of violent challenges? Advancing an innovative realist-constructivist account of international order, Andrew Phillips addresses each of these questions in War, Religion and Empire. Phillips argues that international orders rely equally on shared visions of the good and accepted practices of organized violence to cultivate cooperation and manage conflict between political communities. Considering medieval Christendom's collapse and the East Asian Sinosphere's destruction as primary cases, he further argues that international orders are destroyed as a result of legitimation crises punctuated by the disintegration of prevailing social imaginaries, the break-up of empires, and the rise of disruptive military innovations. He concludes by considering contemporary threats to world order, and the responses that must be taken in the coming decades if a broadly liberal international order is to survive\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: Religion and international relations. / Church history Middle Ages, 600-1500. / Christianity and politics History Middle Ages, 600-1500. / Islam and politics. / International relations. / Terrorism Religious aspects. / Religion and politics.
• ISBN: 9780521191289, 0521191289, 9780521122092, 0521122090

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
BL65.I56 P47 2011	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE