Sovereignty and the Denial of International Equality: Writing Civilisational Difference in Early Modern International Relations

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Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	Difference and Sovereignty in International Relations
	Denying Equality Through Sovereignty: Civilisation and Savagery
	Historicising Sovereignty: France in the 16th Century
	Book Outline
	Notes
1 Revealing ‘Civilised Sovereignty’: The Myth of Sovereignty as Equality and the Maintenance of Eurocentrism in IR
	Introduction
	Re-producing Eurocentric Blindness: Conventional Approaches to Sovereignty
	Constructivist Approaches: Sovereignty as a Universalised Social Construct
	The Myth of Sovereignty in International Relations
	Civilised Sovereignty and the Construction of Unequal International Relations
	The Interplay Between Domestic and International Constructions of Sovereignty
	Notes
2 Sovereignty as a Performative Concept
	Introduction
	Rethinking the (Sovereign) Subject
	Performing and Writing Difference Through Sovereignty
	(De)naturalising Sovereign Realities
	Concluding Remarks
	Notes
3 The Writing of the Ideal Sovereign State: French Theorists and Civilised Sovereignty
	Introduction
	Sovereignty, Monarchy, and the Existence of a Civil Life
	Absolute Yet Qualified: Monarchical Sovereignty, God, and Justice
	A ‘Real’ Sovereignty Is a Civilised Sovereignty
	An Ideal Sovereign King: Civilisation, Masculinity, and the Public Good
	France as the Embodiment of (A Perfect) Civilised Sovereignty
	Concluding Remarks
	Notes
4 Sovereign Doubts: Civilisation and Savagery Disrupt the Colonial Frontiers
	Introduction
	French Encounters With the Canadian First Nations
	Civilisation in America: Performing Social Order Among the First Nations
	French Struggles for Sovereignty in the Wars of Religion
	Savagery in Europe: Finding France in a State of Nature
	Concluding Remarks
	Notes
5 (Re-)establishing the Sovereign, Creating a Familiar – But Inferior – Other
	Introduction
	Writing the First Nations as Familiar But Inferior Others
	A Familiar Otherness: the First Nations and Evolutionary Theories
	The League as a Savage Internal Other
	Concluding Remarks
	Notes
6 Naturalising the Sovereign/colonial Frontiers: The Interplay Between Internal and External Civilised Identities
	Introduction
	From the First Nation ‘State of Nature’ to French Sovereignty
	The French Kings as Civilised and Sovereign Rulers
	Concluding Remarks
	Notes
Conclusion
	Sovereignty, Civilisation, and Colonial Frontiers
	Sovereignty and the Denial of International Equality
	Sovereignty, Protection, and the Erasure of Alternatives
	Notes
Bibliography
Index