Liberalism and transformation : : the global politics of violence and intervention / / Dillon Stone Tatum.

• VerfasserIn: Tatum, Dillon Stone,
• TeilnehmendeR: Sustainable History Monograph Pilot,; Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan),
• Place / Publishing House: Ann Arbor, Michigan : : University of Michigan Press,, 2021.; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource xiii, 197 pages)

Liberalism and Transformation is the first scholarly work that explores the historical, philosophical, and intellectual development of global liberalism since the nineteenth century in the context of the deployment of violence, force, and intervention. Using an approach that includes interpretive and contextual analysis of texts from writers, philosophers, and policy-makers across nearly two centuries, as well as historiographical and historical analysis of archival documents (some of which have been recently declassified) and other media, Liberalism and Transformation narrates the messy history of emancipatory liberalism and its engagement with issues of war and peace. The book contributes to both a rethinking of liberal democracy and its relationship to world politics, as well as the effects of liberal internationalism on global processes. Furthermore, Liberalism and Transformation invites readers to reflect on global ethics and transformation in world politics. In the first place, it shows how ethical imaginings of the world have direct effects on actions of transformative importance. In the second place, it suggests that discourses are fluid, changing, and complex.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One: Introduction: Liberalism and Violence -- Chapter Two: The How of Emancipatory Liberalism -- Chapter Three: Transformation and Civilization: Liberalism, Empire, Intervention -- Chapter Four: Transformation and Self-Determination: Internationalists at War -- Chapter Five: Transformation and Totalitarianism: Intervention and Cold War Liberalism -- Chapter Six: Transformation and Terror: State Failure, Development, and Human Rights -- Chapter Seven: Conclusion: Toward a Minimalist Liberalism -- Notes -- Bibliography.