The power of language in the making of international law : the word sovereignty in Bodin and Vattel and the myth of Westphalia /

The power of language in the making of international law : the word sovereignty in Bodin and Vattel and the myth of Westphalia /

The purpose of this book is to enter into the history of the mental-social phenomena that are the word sovereignty and the myth of Westphalia. Given the circularity of language, the project proposes to examine the reality-creating role of language, as an organic instrument of social power within hum...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beaulac, Stéphane, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, ©2004.
Series:Developments in international law ; v. 46.
Subjects:
Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 > Peace.
Sovereignty > History.
Sovereignty > Language.
History
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I: GROUNDWORK: WORDS, MYTHS, POWER
  • CHAPTER 1: THE FUNCTION OF WORDS
  • 1.1. Meaning is Meaningless
  • 1.2. Creating and Transforming Language
  • CHAPTER 2: THE LOGIC OF MYTHOLOGY
  • 2.1. Origin Myths
  • 2.2. Myths and Mythical Reality
  • 2.3. Myths as Social Power
  • 2.4. Summary
  • GROUNDWORK EPILOGUE
  • PART II: LANGUAGE: AN INWARD-OUTWARD APPROACH
  • CHAPTER 3: DECONSTRUCTING DECONSTRUCTION
  • 3.1. Deconstructionist Analysis
  • 3.2. Deconstructionist Strategy
  • 3.3. Summary
  • CHAPTER 4: THE HERMENEUTICS OF HERMENEUTICS4.1. The Traditional Hermeneutics
  • 4.2. The First Critique of Hermeneutics
  • 4.3. The Modern Hermeneutics
  • 4.4. The Second Critique of Hermeneutics
  • 4.5. Summary
  • PART III: THE SOCIAL POWER OF THE MYTH OF WESTPHALIA
  • CHAPTER 5: THE WESTPHALIAN STATE SYSTEM
  • 5.1. Heteronomous Organisation and Transcendental Institutions
  • 5.2. Dynamics and War of Religion and Politics
  • 5.3. The Peace Treaties
  • 5.4. Westphalia's Aftermath
  • 5.5. Summary
  • PART IV: THE SOCIAL POWER OF THE WORD SOVEREIGNTY
  • CHAPTER 6: BODIN'S SOVEREIGNTY: POWER-CENTRALISER6.1. Immediate Personal Context
  • 6.2. The Discourse in Les six Livres de la Republique
  • 6.3. Extended Historical Context
  • 6.4. Summary
  • CHAPTER 7: VATTEL'S SOVEREIGNTY: AUTHORITY-EXTERNALISER
  • 7.1. Immediate Personal Context
  • 7.2. The Discourse in Le Droit des Gens
  • 7.3. Extended Historical Context
  • 7.4. Summary
  • CONCLUSION

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