Capitalism As Civilisation - A History of International Law (Hardcover)

Methodologically and theoretically innovative, this monograph draws from Marxism and deconstruction bringing together the textual and the material in our understanding of international law. Approaching 'civilisation' as an argumentative pattern related to the distribution of rights and duties amongst different communities, Ntina Tzouvala illustrates both its contradictory nature and its pro-capitalist bias. 'Civilisation' is shown to oscillate between two poles. On the one hand, a pervasive 'logic of improvement' anchors legal equality to demands that non-Western polities undertake extensive domestic reforms and embrace capitalist modernity. On the other, an insistent 'logic of biology' constantly postpones such a prospect based on ideas of immutable difference. By detailing the tension and synergies between these two logics, Tzouvala argues that international law incorporates and attempts to mediate the contradictions of capitalism as a global system of production and exchange that both homogenises and stratifies societies, populations and space.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
Release date:	October 2020
Authors:	Ntina Tzouvala
Dimensions:	150 x 230 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	230
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-49718-3
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International economic & trade law > General Promotions
LSN:	1-108-49718-7
Barcode:	9781108497183

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