INS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Complex Interdependence, Classical Liberalism, Perpetual Peace

• School: University of Miami
• Department: International Studies
• Course: INS 101
• Professor: John Twitchell

Document Summary

Classical liberalism is a predecessor to the 4 strands of liberalism that are discussed in this chapter; Classical liberalism the type of liberalism that existed prior to the utopian idealist liberalism that was in vogue or intellectual powerful around the turn of the 20th century; Liberals sharp contrast to realism: they talk about both domestic and international politics in an optimistic way; Historical background: liberal tradition is tied with the emergence of the modern liberal state and the state system (topic 1); The new ideas and changes made liberals able to promote their ideas to society: betham greatest happiness for the greatest number; Coined the term international law: there had been real world events between industrial revolution and wwi that caused shifts in liberalism; Week 4: today terrorist attacks are a setback for liberalism and the optimism, there were uctuations over time due to the events in time; Disagreement about the magnitude of the obstacles on the way to progress;