TY - BOOK ID - 85467390 TI - The idea of international society : Erasmus, Vitoria, Gentili and Grotius AU - Vollerthun, Ursula AU - Richardson, J. L. PY - 2017 SN - 1108266304 1108270859 1108271766 1108273580 1108277241 1108264948 1108274498 1108417140 1108404634 9781108277242 9781108264945 9781108404631 9781108417143 9781108404631 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - International relations KW - Philosophy. KW - Erasmus, Desiderius, KW - Vitoria, Francisco de, KW - Gentili, Alberico, KW - Grotius, Hugo, KW - De Groot, Huig KW - De Groot, Huigh KW - Grotius, Hugo KW - Groot, Hugo de, KW - Grozio, Ugo, KW - Grot︠s︡iĭ, Gugo, KW - De Groot, Hugo, KW - Grocio, Hugo, KW - Gentilis, Albericus, KW - Francisco de Vitoria, KW - Victoria, Francisco de, KW - Francisco, KW - Franziscus, KW - Franzisco, KW - Franciscus, KW - De Vitoria, Francisco, KW - Vittoria, Francisco de, KW - Erasmus KW - Erasmus, Desiderius KW - Érasme KW - Desiderius Erasmus KW - Erasm, Dezideriĭ KW - Erasme, Désiré KW - Erasmo, KW - Erasmo, Desidério KW - Erasmus, KW - Ėrazm, KW - Erazm, KW - Roterodamus, Erasmus KW - Rotterdamskiĭ, Ėrazm KW - Rotterdamský, Erasmus Desiderius KW - Роттердамский, Эразм KW - Эразм, KW - Ерасм, Дезидерий KW - Erasmus Roterodamus, Desiderius KW - エラスムス, デシデリウス KW - Desiderius Erasmus, KW - Erasm, Dezideriĭ, KW - Erasme, Désiré, KW - Erasmo, Desidério, KW - Roterodamus, Erasmus, KW - Rotterdamskiĭ, Ėrazm, KW - Rotterdamský, Erasmus Desiderius, KW - Роттердамский, Эразм, KW - Ерасм, Дезидерий, KW - אראסמוס, דסידריוס, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85467390 AB - This book offers the first comprehensive account and re-appraisal of the formative phase of what is often termed the 'Grotian tradition' in international relations theory: the view that sovereign states are not free to act at will, but are akin to members of a society, bound by its norms. It examines the period from the later fifteenth to the mid-seventeenth centuries, focusing on four thinkers: Erasmus, Vitoria, Gentili and Grotius himself, and is structured by the author's concept of international society. Erasmus' views on international relations have been entirely neglected, but underlying his work is a consistent image of international society. The theologian Francisco de Vitoria concerns himself with its normative principles, the lawyer Alberico Gentili - unexpectedly, the central figure in the narrative - with its extensive practical applications. Grotius, however, does not re-affirm the concept, but wavers at crucial points. This book suggests that the Grotian tradition is a misnomer. ER -