Introduction: Rengger's anti-pelagianism: international political theory as civil conversation

Vassilios Paipais

doi:10.1332/policypress/9781529224177.003.0001

Introduction: Rengger's anti-pelagianism: international political theory as civil conversation

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This chapter introduces the central themes across which Nicholas Rengger made his lasting contribution to the political theory of international relations and the problem of world order: his Augustine-inspired idea of an ‘anti-Pelagian imagination’ favouring a sceptical, non-utopian, anti-perfectionist response to the dilemmas of the contemporary liberal world order; his Oakeshottian argument for a pluralist ‘conversation of mankind’ that would sustain an ethos of civility in world politics; and his critical engagement with the just war tradition as an institution of civil world order.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The civil condition in world politics
Subtitle of host publication	beyond tragedy and utopianism
Editors	Vassilios Paipais
Place of Publication	Bristol
Publisher	Bristol University Press
Chapter	1
Pages	1-26
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Electronic)	9781529224207
ISBN (Print)	9781529224177, 9781529224184
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529224177.003.0001
Publication status	Published - 11 Apr 2022

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Name	Bristol studies in international theory

Keywords

Rengger
Anti-pelagianism
Oakeshott
Conversation
Civility
Just war

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The civil condition in world politics: beyond tragedy and utopianism. ed. / Vassilios Paipais. Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2022. p. 1-26 (Bristol studies in international theory).

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