Lockean culture of anarchy
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The Lockean culture of anarchy is Alexander Wendt’s concept of an international system in which states recognize each other’s sovereignty and compete without seeking each other’s destruction, treating rivals as legitimate adversaries rather than enemies.
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| Lockean culture of anarchy canonical | 1 |
| Wendt’s typology of cultures of anarchy | 1 |
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Target entity: Lockean culture of anarchy Context triple: [Social Theory of International Politics, introducesConcept, Lockean culture of anarchy]
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a seminal 1974 work of political philosophy that defends a minimal libertarian state and critiques theories of distributive justice such as Rawls’s.
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The Logic of Liberty
The Logic of Liberty is a political and economic work by Michael Polanyi that explores the foundations of a free society, emphasizing spontaneous order, personal responsibility, and the limits of centralized planning.
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The Science of Liberty
The Science of Liberty is a nonfiction book by science writer Timothy Ferris that explores the historical relationship between scientific progress and the development of liberal democracy.
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Liberty Before Liberalism
Liberty Before Liberalism is a scholarly work by historian Quentin Skinner that explores the historical development of republican ideas of liberty and their contrast with modern liberal thought.
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Two Concepts of Liberty
Two Concepts of Liberty is Isaiah Berlin’s influential 1958 essay that distinguishes between and analyzes the political and philosophical implications of “negative” and “positive” liberty.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Lockean culture of anarchy Target entity description: The Lockean culture of anarchy is Alexander Wendt’s concept of an international system in which states recognize each other’s sovereignty and compete without seeking each other’s destruction, treating rivals as legitimate adversaries rather than enemies.
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A.
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Anarchy, State, and Utopia is a seminal 1974 work of political philosophy that defends a minimal libertarian state and critiques theories of distributive justice such as Rawls’s.
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B.
The Logic of Liberty
The Logic of Liberty is a political and economic work by Michael Polanyi that explores the foundations of a free society, emphasizing spontaneous order, personal responsibility, and the limits of centralized planning.
-
C.
The Science of Liberty
The Science of Liberty is a nonfiction book by science writer Timothy Ferris that explores the historical relationship between scientific progress and the development of liberal democracy.
-
D.
Liberty Before Liberalism
Liberty Before Liberalism is a scholarly work by historian Quentin Skinner that explores the historical development of republican ideas of liberty and their contrast with modern liberal thought.
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E.
Two Concepts of Liberty
Two Concepts of Liberty is Isaiah Berlin’s influential 1958 essay that distinguishes between and analyzes the political and philosophical implications of “negative” and “positive” liberty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Wendtian culture of anarchy
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international relations concept ⓘ social constructivist concept ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
international system
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relations among sovereign states ⓘ |
| assumes |
states are primary actors in the international system
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states have relatively stable identities ⓘ states share expectations about appropriate conduct in war and peace ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Hobbesian culture of anarchy
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Kantian culture of anarchy ⓘ |
| coreFeature |
acceptance of the right of other states to exist
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competition without seeking physical destruction of other states ⓘ mutual recognition of sovereignty ⓘ restraint in the use of violence ⓘ states see each other as legitimate adversaries ⓘ states treat each other as rivals rather than enemies ⓘ war is possible but limited in aims ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Alexander Wendt’s article "Anarchy is What States Make of It"
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Alexander Wendt’s book "Social Theory of International Politics" ⓘ
linked to:
Alexander Wendt
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| differsFrom |
Hobbesian culture of anarchy by rejecting the logic of enemies to be destroyed
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Kantian culture of anarchy by lacking a commitment to collective security or friendship ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
how shared ideas shape state expectations about violence
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social construction of rival identities among states ⓘ |
| goalOfStatesInSystem |
relative gains and power competition without elimination of others
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survival within a society of states ⓘ |
| historicallyAssociatedWith |
European states system after the Peace of Westphalia
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modern state system in much of the 18th to 20th centuries ⓘ |
| implies |
balance-of-power politics can occur without exterminationist goals
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security competition is moderated by shared norms ⓘ states generally refrain from wars of total destruction against each other ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Locke ⓘ |
| normativeBasis |
norms of non-annihilation of other states
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norms of sovereignty ⓘ norms of territorial integrity ⓘ |
| partOf |
Wendt’s typology of cultures of anarchy
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linked to:
Lockean culture of anarchy
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| proposedBy | Alexander Wendt ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Westphalian system of sovereign states
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limited war ⓘ norms of non-intervention ⓘ |
| theoreticalContext |
Wendt’s theory that anarchy is what states make of it
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social constructivism in international relations ⓘ |
| usedInDebateOn |
limits of realist assumptions about anarchy
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nature of anarchy in international relations ⓘ role of norms and identities in shaping state behavior ⓘ |
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