Cultural Construction of International Relations

BEATE JAHN is lecturer in international relations at the University of Sussex. Previously she taught at the University of Frankfurt and the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the author (in German) of Politik und Moral, on ethics in international relations.

• Acknowledgements Introduction Culture, Nature, and the Ambivalence of International Theory PART I: HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF THE STATE OF NATURE The 'Discovery' of America as a Culture Shock Reinventing the State of Nature The Politics of the State of Nature in the 'New' World PART II: THE STATE OF NATURE AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN THOUGHT The Tyranny of the European Context: Reading Classical Political Theory in International Relations The State of Nature as the Basis for Classical Political Thought The Politics of the State of Nature in the American and French Revolution Conclusion: The Consequences of the State of Nature for International Relations Theory Bibliography Index

...she produces a straightforward deconstruction of the nature/culture dichotomy and some of its uses in IR. American Political Science Review