European Empire and International Law From the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century

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ID8958882
AuthorsRichard Bourke (0000-0003-4355-7434, King's College Hospital, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume64
Issue3
Pages812-821
Publication date2020-06-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Historical Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0018246x20000242
OpenAlexW3036194548
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

In the 1821 Preface to his Elements of the philosophy of right , Hegel famously claimed that ‘philosophy...is its own time comprehended in thoughts ’. It is tempting to view history in equivalent terms. After all, historical research usually engages the past under the influence of contemporary concerns. Topics acquire pertinence on account of prevailing values and interests. And yet there is a clear difference between being roused to investigate a subject as a result of its ongoing resonance and interpreting its meaning in terms of current attitudes. This distinction, however, is often blurred, and with it appropriate relations between historical analysis and moral judgement. It may well be that, at the level of political philosophy, each of these activities can be reconciled; but first their respective provinces should be carefully delimited

Empire · Epistemology · Hegelianism · Judgement · Meaning (existential · Philosophy of history · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Subject (documents · American Constitutional Law and Politics · European Political History Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence

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