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The Liberal Cosmopolitan Pillar - The Hermeneutical Mistake and Illegitimate Use of Force

Sandström, Kristoffer LU (2017) STVK02 20171
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The democratic peace theory explains why liberal democratic states do not engage in war with one another. According to Michael Doyle, the theory rests on three pillars, which together explain the democratic peace - whereas one of which pillars is of interest for this thesis. The cosmopolitan pillar is concerned with the “spirit of commerce”, that is, international trade and economic interdependence. At least, in a liberal perspective. Michael Doyle claims to have based his research for his article Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs off of Immanuel Kant’s work on republican perpetual peace, however, I argue that the similarities between the two theories is nothing but faint. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to underline the... (More)
The democratic peace theory explains why liberal democratic states do not engage in war with one another. According to Michael Doyle, the theory rests on three pillars, which together explain the democratic peace - whereas one of which pillars is of interest for this thesis. The cosmopolitan pillar is concerned with the “spirit of commerce”, that is, international trade and economic interdependence. At least, in a liberal perspective. Michael Doyle claims to have based his research for his article Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs off of Immanuel Kant’s work on republican perpetual peace, however, I argue that the similarities between the two theories is nothing but faint. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to underline the divergence between perspectives and I intend to present this observation by using the method of ideological criticism, where the most prominent works of each perspective is run through three dimensions of analysis providing simple observations of interest for my purpose. The result of which draws attention to the misinterpretation, made by the liberal scholars, of the Kantian model of peace. (Less)
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author
Sandström, Kristoffer LU
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organization
course
STVK02 20171
year
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Democratic Peace Theory, Liberal Peace, Republican Peace, International Relations, Cosmopolitan Pillar, Cosmopolitan Right, Use of Force, Economic Interdependence, International Trade
language
English
id
8907480
date added to LUP
2018-04-27 10:11:46
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2018-04-27 10:11:46
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  abstract     = {{The democratic peace theory explains why liberal democratic states do not engage in war with one another. According to Michael Doyle, the theory rests on three pillars, which together explain the democratic peace - whereas one of which pillars is of interest for this thesis. The cosmopolitan pillar is concerned with the “spirit of commerce”, that is, international trade and economic interdependence. At least, in a liberal perspective. Michael Doyle claims to have based his research for his article Kant, Liberal Legacies, and Foreign Affairs off of Immanuel Kant’s work on republican perpetual peace, however, I argue that the similarities between the two theories is nothing but faint. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to underline the divergence between perspectives and I intend to present this observation by using the method of ideological criticism, where the most prominent works of each perspective is run through three dimensions of analysis providing simple observations of interest for my purpose. The result of which draws attention to the misinterpretation, made by the liberal scholars, of the Kantian model of peace.}},
  author       = {{Sandström, Kristoffer}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Liberal Cosmopolitan Pillar - The Hermeneutical Mistake and Illegitimate Use of Force}},
  year         = {{2017}},
}