Description
In the final section of the book, the tools forged in these explorations are employed to analyze the contemporary international system, with striking results. Rosenberg demonstrates that the distinctive properties of the sovereign-states system are best understood as corresponding to the social structures of capitalist society. In this light, realism emerges as incapable of explaining what it has always insisted is the central feature of the international system-namely, the balance of power. On the other hand, it is argued that Marx's social theory of value, conventionally regarded as an account of hierarchical class domination, provides the deepest understanding of the core international relations theme of "anarchy."
Provocative and unconventional, The Empire of Civil Society brilliantly turns orthodox international relations on its head.
Book Information
ISBN 9781804295977
Author Justin Rosenberg
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 350g