International Relations and the Limits of Political Theory

HOWARD WILLIAMS is Professor in Political Theory in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. His other academic positions have included external examiner at the University of Southampton, British Academy Research Fellow at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, external examiner at the University of Durham, external examiner at the University of Exeter, DAAD Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Mainz and SSRC Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Munich. In 1990 he gave the Bradley Lecture at Boston College, USA. He is a journal referee for History of Political Thought, Political Studies, Review of International Studies and Journal of the History of Philosophy. In addition he is a reader for the University of Wales Press, University of Manchester Press, Basil Blackwell and Cornell U.P., and is on the editorial board of Politics.

'...the reader, whether political theorist or international relationist, will find much to admire in this stimulating book.' - Roger D. Spegele, Australian Journal of Political Studies

• PART 1 - Introduction and Acknowledgements - Kant and the Protestant Ethic - Nietzsche and Fascism - Political Philosophy and the Philosophy of History in Hegel's Essay on the English Reform Bill - Democracy and Right in Habermas' Theory of Facticity and Value - Democracy and Human Freedom - PART 2 - Grotius as an International Political Theorist - John Locke and International Politics - Political Philosophy and World History: The Examples of Hegel and Kant - Justice in One Country? - International Relations and the Reconstruction of Political Theory - Conclusion - Index