The Vocabulary of Progress in Interwar International Law
An Intellectual Portrait of Stelios Seferiades
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12197935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Skouteris (Leiden University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 823-856 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of International Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0938-5428 • E-ISSN: 1464-3596 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ejil/chi157 |
| OpenAlex | W2127525584 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The intellectual portrait of Stelios Seferiades sketched out in this article performs a dual function. While paying tribute to the work of a neglected, but fascinating, scholar, it serves as a heuristic device which allows us to examine the 'vocabulary of progress' in international law -the discursive strategies used in legal argument to legitimize the transformation of the discipline. Crucial to the construction of such a vocabulary of progress in the international law writings of Seferiades is the opposition between the notions of absolutism and democracy. The article situates this opposition in the political milieu of the interwar period and the life trajectory of Seferiades. Ultimately, it points to the closely-knit relationship between 'universalist' vocabularies of progress, such as the opposition between absolutism and democracy, and the personal-ideological pursuits of public international lawyers
Art history · Democracy · Dictatorship · Ideology · Linguistics · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Portrait · Sociology · Vocabulary · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · International Law and Human Rights · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2010 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |