The 'New' International Law (Hardcover)

Introduction Part 1: Apocalyptic Messianism Chapter 1: Columbus: the New World and the Apocalypse Chapter 2: Hobbes, Milton and the eschatology of sovereignty Chapter 3: A new politics of the apocalypse? Part 2: Utopic Messianism Chapter 4: Kant and the universal history of international law Chapter 5: Calling for the ‘new’: International law’s discipline of progression Chapter 6: The limits of progressive universalism Part 3: Benjamin and the weak messianic power of international law Chapter 7: The power of the ‘weak’ messiah Chapter 8: Fighting the phantasm of the Universal Conclusion