Philosophical idealism and international politics: a reply to Dr Savigear

In: British journal of international studies, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 76-83

Abstract

Dr Savigear's 'Philosophical Idealism and International Politics: Bosanquet, Treitschke and War' is especially welcome because this important topic has not been much discussed. However, on a subject so complex and controversial, some disagreement is to be expected. I shall suggest that Dr Savigear's argument requires qualification because it underemphasizes the cosmopolitanism which provides continuity to this aspect of Idealist moral and political philosophy.