Traditional Theoretical Approaches in International Relations

The three most prominent theories in International Relations have long been analyzed and discussed. These theories represent the three pillars on which the theoretical foundation of this scientific discipline was built. Of course theories can be observed and are developed beyond these three traditions; however realism liberalism and idealism retain their honorable position on the pedestal of the IR theory. This book will engage in the discussion of three works to which theories in the modern International Relations discipline owe much for their insight namely Thomas Hobbess Leviathan or the Matter Form & Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiastical and Civil John Lockes Two Treatises of Government Immanuel Kants Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay. These works and their authors accordingly can rightfully be claimed to represent the three most important theoretical traditions in International Relations - realism liberalism and idealism.