Revolutions in Sovereignty: How Ideas Shaped Modern International Relations by Philpott, Daniel - 2001

Princeton Univ Pr, 2001. Paperback. Very Good +. Princeton Univ Pr, 2001. Paperback. Very Good +. 339 pp. Extremely minimal edgewear; minimal creasing at lower right corner of front cover and upper left corner of back cover; otherwise brand new. Revolutions and Sovereignty is a cogently argued and superbly written book in which Daniel Philpott sets forth an original and provocative thesis. Challenging Realist and materialist interpretations of international relations, he makes an impressive case for the central role of ideas, particularly religious ideas, in shaping the nature of revolutions in the international state system beginning with the impact of Protestantism on the Westphalian settlement of 1648. This is a book which undoubtedly will stimulate much debate and which demands and deserves thoughtful attention at a time when that state system is in the midst of yet another revolutionary transformation.(Samuel Huntington, Harvard University ) [B17]