"Reason Is Pacifist" – Re-Reading Bruno Arcidiacono's "Non par la guerre, à la manière des sauvages: Kant et l'avènement de l'état de droit entre les nations" with Peter Niesen

In Episode 8 of the Voices of JHIL podcast, we are talking to political scientist Peter Niesen about Bruno Arcidiacono’s 2006 article, “‘Non par la guerre, à la manière des sauvages’: Kant et l'avènement de l'état de droit entre les nations,” published in JHIL 8(1) (2006), 39–89. Together with Professor Niesen, we explore Immanuel Kant’s conceptualisation of international law. How have scholars of international law interpreted his ideas? And which methodological pitfalls do we encounter when we attempt to interpret historical philosophical texts in search of guidance for contemporary issues? Tune in to find out!

Guest:

Prof. Dr. Peter Niesen – Professor of political science at the University of Hamburg specializing in political theory.

https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-sowi/professuren/niesen/team/niesen-peter.html

Hosts:

Dr. Raphael Schäfer - https://www.mpil.de/en/pub/institute/personnel/academic-staff/rschaefe.cfm

Amaya Gandy – Part of JHIL’s student assistant team together with Sylvia Wu

Bruno Arcidiacono’s JHIL Article:

https://brill.com/view/journals/jhil/8/1/article-p39_3.xml

Niesen, Peter and Oliver Eberl. ‘Kein Frieden mit dem ‚ungerechten Feind’? Erzwungene Verfassunggebung im Ausgang aus dem Naturzustand’, in Transnationalisierung der Volkssouveränität. Radikale Demokratie diesseits und jenseits des Staates, ed. Oliver Eberl (Stuttgart: Steiner, 2011), 219-247, available at: https://www.steiner-verlag.de/Transnationalisierung-der-Volkssouveraenitaet/9783515098304

Music:

Serge Quadrado Music – Cinematic Jazz

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SamuelFrancisJohnson – Lifting Guitar

Mr Pleasure – BurnishedBronze

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