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The Social Evolution of World Politics
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Abstract How can we understand long-term change in world politics better? Based on readings of thinkers as diverse as Habermas, Foucault and Luhmann, the authors of this book propose a framework for understanding such change in terms of social evolution. They show that processes of social learning and unlear... view more
How can we understand long-term change in world politics better? Based on readings of thinkers as diverse as Habermas, Foucault and Luhmann, the authors of this book propose a framework for understanding such change in terms of social evolution. They show that processes of social learning and unlearning are key to understanding the long-term historical evolution of complex societies, and propose to approach these with the core concepts of autonomization, hierarchical complexity, and co-evolution. Three case studies illustrate this social evolutionary perspective to the study of world politics, examining the evolution of forms of organizing political authority, of conflicts, of diplomacy, of law as boundary condition.... view less
Keywords
politics; globalization; political theory; political science; world politics; international relations; political system
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
Social Evolution; World Society
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
167 p.
Series
Edition Politik, 143
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839465271
ISSN
2702-9069
ISBN
978-3-8394-6527-1
Status
Published Version; reviewed