CAOT 31 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Protestantism, Jean Bodin, Cameralism
21 Jul 2020
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A general agreement that there should be 5 great powers: if one went down, that like the death oft he first violinist in a quintet. Everybody gets a piece oft he pie. Bop represents a limitation on hegemonial ambitions and presents a guide for territorial partition. Codification of laws of war: treatment of wounded, prisoners etc. Palmer and colton: the purpose of bop politics was not to preserve peace but to preserve the sovereignty and independence of the states of europe! Bop represents the merger of theories with actual developments (scott) Pentarchy: a clearly-defined group of states, 5, were recognised to be great power was simply a state which could be seen to be much stronger than its lesser rivals, whom it therefore dominated. Cameralism + cartesianism: leads to a definition of a great power : a gentlemen"s club where the members choose new members) superior in resources and therefore power.
