Publication Date:
2023-11-16
Description:
How can we understand long-term change in world politics better? Based on readings of thinkers as diverse as Habermas, Foucault and Luhmann, the authors of this book propose a framework for understanding such change in terms of social evolution. They show that processes of social learning and unlearning are key to understanding the long-term historical evolution of complex societies, and propose to approach these with the core concepts of autonomization, hierarchical complexity, and co-evolution. Three case studies illustrate this social evolutionary perspective to the study of world politics, examining the evolution of forms of organizing political authority, of conflicts, of diplomacy, of law as boundary condition.
Keywords:
World Politics
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International Relations
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Social Evolution
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World Society
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Politics
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Globalization
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Political Theory
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Political System
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Political Science
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPS International relations
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFS Globalization
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPA Political science & theory
Language:
English
Format:
image/jpeg
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