A. Astrov 
On World Politics 
R.G. Collingwood, Michael Oakeshott and Neotraditionalism in International Relations

This book outlines an idea of world politics as an activity of thinking and speaking about the conditions of world order. World order is understood not as an arrangement of entities but a complex of variously situated activities conducted by individuals as members of diverse associations of their own. Within contemporary International Relations it entails a theoretical position, neotraditionalism, as a reformulation of the initial ‘traditionalist’ approach in the wake of rationalism and subsequent reflectivist critique.

Table of Content

PART 1: PROLOGUE PART 2: ANOTHER CASE FOR THE CLASSICAL APPROACH Politics Poetry Civilization Tradition PART 3: POLITICS Contemplation and its modes The Scale of Contemplation Action Utility, Rightness, Duty Choices, Practices, Politics Politics and Poetry PART 4: POETRY The Mill-Race Action Contemplation The Dry Wall Action Contemplation Poetry and Civilization PART 5: CIVILIZATION Laws and Manners The Mill-Race The Dry Wall Policy and Politics The Mill-Race The Dry Wall Civilization and Tradition PART 6: TRADITION Word Order Policy and Politics Laws and Manners Word Politics Policy and Politics Laws and Manners Tradition and Neotraditionalism PART 7: NEOTRADITIONALISM IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Tradition Civilization Poetry Politics PART 8: EPILOGUE Notes Bibliography

About the author

ALEXANDER ASTROV is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the Central European University in Budapest. His research interests include International Relations Theory, International Political Theory, Classical Political Theory, the Scottish Enlightenment and British Idealism.