Bøker av Andrew (Aberystwyth University) Linklater

Exploring the significance of Norbert Elias's reflections on civilization for international relations, this book explains the working principles of an Eliasian approach to civilization and demonstrates how the interdependencies between state-formation, colonialism and an emergent international society shaped the European 'civilizing process.'

This title draws on leading work on process sociology and international relations to provide an analysis of violence and civilization in the Western states-systems. Linklater asks how modern Europeans came to believe themselves to be more 'civilized' than their medieval forebears.