Practicing humanity: Humanisation and contemporary international political theory

Sutch, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2898-5214 and Pierce, Oliver 2023. Practicing humanity: Humanisation and contemporary international political theory. Williams, Howard, Boucher, David, Sutch, Peter, Reidy, David and Koutsoukis, Alexandros, eds. The Palgrave Handbook of International Political Theory, Volume 1, International Political Theory, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 303-320. (10.1007/978-3-031-36111-1_16) Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

This chapter explores a key claim that is increasingly central to many forms of International Political Theory (IPT) that claim concerns ‘The Humanisation of International Law’. The core claim of humanisation is jurisprudential, arguing that despite its inter-state origins the arc of international law has shifted away from a focus on the state and towards the protection of humanity. In IPT, this claim has been used to ground normative arguments about justice and legitimacy—replacing more traditional philosophical arguments. Under the influence of the humanisation of world politics, cosmopolitan and communitarian theories have reached a normative middle ground. But it is, we argue, still a site of contestation, and the chapter explores the merits of cosmopolitan and (new) communitarian uses of the ideas associated with humanisation.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Cardiff Law & Politics
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:	9783031361104
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	25 May 2023
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2025 14:52
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/159312

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