Papers by Or Rosenboim
Forthcoming in 'Memoria e Ricerca'
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Il saggio mira in primo luogo a mettere in discussione la p... more Forthcoming in 'Memoria e Ricerca'
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Il saggio mira in primo luogo a mettere in discussione la presunta continuità che le tradizioni del realismo e della geopolitica rivendicano rispetto alla loro vicenda storica in Italia. Tale narrativa infatti dona coerenza a una traiettoria accidentata e discontinua, che passa anche per una fase di amnesia che coincide con la guerra fredda. In secondo luogo, il saggio vuole dimostrare che il recupero di entrambe le tradizioni avvenne solo grazie all’intraprendenza di alcuni intellettuali, come Pier Paolo Portinaro, Gianfranco Miglio e Carlo Galli e, in seguito, grazie a una inaspettata e all’apparenza marginale convergenza tra esponenti del pensiero marxista e intellettuali conservatori. A questa seguì la progressiva normalizzazione del pensiero geopolitico e il recupero trionfale del realismo durante dagli anni novanta, in assenza di una vera e propria riflessione critica rispetto a questi nuovi (e antichi) orientamenti. In ultima istanza, il saggio vuole interrogarsi da un lato sullo scollamento temporale con il quale questi quadri concettuali si affermano e sviluppano in Italia; dall’altro, sul nesso tra idee e politica, riflettendo su come, da un lato, l’economia del potere in Italia durante la guerra fredda e, dall’altro, l’iniziativa dei singoli abbiano inciso sul mondo intellettuale e accademico e su quale sia l’eredità di questa fase storica per il tempo corrente.
Modern Intellectual History, 2014
This essay examines the influence of geopolitical and imperial thought on theories
of internatio... more This essay examines the influence of geopolitical and imperial thought on theories
of international relations in the United States. The paper assesses the thought of
Owen Lattimore, a leading American sinologist and political adviser to F. D. Roosevelt
and Chiang Kai-shek, and Nicholas John Spykman, an influential internationalrelations
scholar at Yale. In the framework of the Second World War and the
“air age”, they envisaged a tripolar world order that entailed a new conception
of political space and international relations. Lattimore’s global geopolitical order
sought to replace imperialism with democracy, while Spykman employed geopolitical
concepts to envisage a tripolar order of “balanced powers” which built upon—rather
than rejected—existing imperial structures. This paper examines their international
theories and the policy implications of their thought to claim that 1940s theoretical
interdisciplinarity made an important contribution to the development of the discipline
of international relations in the United States.
The International History Review
In 1950, after Senator Joseph McCarthy accused him of Soviet espionage, Lattimore's reputation wa... more In 1950, after Senator Joseph McCarthy accused him of Soviet espionage, Lattimore's reputation was irrevocably damaged and his political thought forgotten. By assessing his visions of global democracy and geopolitics, this article claims Lattimore made insightful contributions to international thought. On the eve of the cold war, Lattimore's ideas of pluralistic democracy and tripolar world order offered an alternative vision of the post-war era, focusing on political participation and diversity. This article focuses on Lattimore's published writings in the 1940s, when, as political advisor and director of the Johns Hopkins' Page School of International Relations, he sought to shift international attention from Europe to the Far East as the potential birthplace of a new version of post-colonial democracy. A fervent anti-imperialist, Lattimore crafted new political space for global democracy in a post-imperial age. His thoughtful discussion of participation, co-operation, democracy, knowledge, and pluralism make his vision of world order an interesting contribution to international thought in the twentieth century.
Les cahiers europeens
This paper looks at the international thought of David Mitrany in the 1940s. The Second World War... more This paper looks at the international thought of David Mitrany in the 1940s. The Second World War spurred many to outline a new world order that would guarantee peace and prosperity. Mitrany, an influential economist and public intellectual, saw international private cooperation as the foundation of a new world order. He developed the notion of "functionalism" to explore the diffusion of practices from the private to the public sphere, and define a new global political space which would 'make frontiers meaningless'. In an increasingly interconnected world, the private domain of business and entrepreneurship offered successful models of global cooperation, and had a unique social function in the nascent welfare state. Mitrany promoted this idea not only in theory but also as political adviser to the international corporation Unilever. This paper analyses his claim that the diffusion of collaborative practices from the private to the public sphere would revolutionize international relations and could become the basis for European unity. It assesses Mitrany's theory of the diffusion of concepts, institutions and practices like "human rights", "democracy" and "welfare" from the private to the public and back. Finally, I argue that Mitrany's original "functionalist" theory can shed light on the role of private companies and organizations in enhancing cooperation and unity in today's European Union as well.
The International History Review
Book Reviews by Or Rosenboim
... International Relations and Identity: A Dialogical Approach – By Xavier Guillaume. OrRosenboi... more ... International Relations and Identity: A Dialogical Approach – By Xavier Guillaume. OrRosenboim. Article first published online: 20 JAN 2012. ... More content like this. Find more content: like this article. Find more content written by: Or Rosenboim. ...
book chapters by Or Rosenboim
The chapter discusses the radical Italian thinker Cesare Battisti, who translated and interpreted... more The chapter discusses the radical Italian thinker Cesare Battisti, who translated and interpreted Ratzel's geopolitics before the Great War. His federalist-socialist interpretation offers a new take on the meaning of geopolitics in the twentieth century.
Il realismo politico, edited by Alessandro Campi and Stefano de Luca, 2015
This chapter explores the meaning of 'political realism' in the writings of two mid-century geopo... more This chapter explores the meaning of 'political realism' in the writings of two mid-century geopolitical thinkers who considered themselves realists. One of the main objectives is to show the vagueness of the term 'political realism' and the need for contextualisation in order to fully comprehend its significance.
Books by Or Rosenboim
During and after the Second World War, public intellectuals in Britain and the United States grap... more During and after the Second World War, public intellectuals in Britain and the United States grappled with concerns about the future of democracy, the prospects of liberty, and the decline of the imperial system. Without using the term "globalization," they identified a shift toward technological, economic, cultural, and political interconnectedness and developed a "globalist" ideology to reflect this new postwar reality. The Emergence of Globalism examines the competing visions of world order that shaped these debates and led to the development of globalism as a modern political concept.
Shedding critical light on this neglected chapter in the history of political thought, Or Rosenboim describes how a transnational network of globalist thinkers emerged from the traumas of war and expatriation in the 1940s and how their ideas drew widely from political philosophy, geopolitics, economics, imperial thought, constitutional law, theology, and philosophy of science. She presents compelling portraits of Raymond Aron, Owen Lattimore, Lionel Robbins, Barbara Wootton, Friedrich Hayek, Lionel Curtis, Richard McKeon, Michael Polanyi, Lewis Mumford, Jacques Maritain, Reinhold Niebuhr, H. G. Wells, and others. Rosenboim shows how the globalist debate they embarked on sought to balance the tensions between a growing recognition of pluralism on the one hand and an appreciation of the unity of humankind on the other.
An engaging look at the ideas that have shaped today's world, The Emergence of Globalism is a major work of intellectual history that is certain to fundamentally transform our understanding of the globalist ideal and its origins.
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Il saggio mira in primo luogo a mettere in discussione la presunta continuità che le tradizioni del realismo e della geopolitica rivendicano rispetto alla loro vicenda storica in Italia. Tale narrativa infatti dona coerenza a una traiettoria accidentata e discontinua, che passa anche per una fase di amnesia che coincide con la guerra fredda. In secondo luogo, il saggio vuole dimostrare che il recupero di entrambe le tradizioni avvenne solo grazie all’intraprendenza di alcuni intellettuali, come Pier Paolo Portinaro, Gianfranco Miglio e Carlo Galli e, in seguito, grazie a una inaspettata e all’apparenza marginale convergenza tra esponenti del pensiero marxista e intellettuali conservatori. A questa seguì la progressiva normalizzazione del pensiero geopolitico e il recupero trionfale del realismo durante dagli anni novanta, in assenza di una vera e propria riflessione critica rispetto a questi nuovi (e antichi) orientamenti. In ultima istanza, il saggio vuole interrogarsi da un lato sullo scollamento temporale con il quale questi quadri concettuali si affermano e sviluppano in Italia; dall’altro, sul nesso tra idee e politica, riflettendo su come, da un lato, l’economia del potere in Italia durante la guerra fredda e, dall’altro, l’iniziativa dei singoli abbiano inciso sul mondo intellettuale e accademico e su quale sia l’eredità di questa fase storica per il tempo corrente.
of international relations in the United States. The paper assesses the thought of
Owen Lattimore, a leading American sinologist and political adviser to F. D. Roosevelt
and Chiang Kai-shek, and Nicholas John Spykman, an influential internationalrelations
scholar at Yale. In the framework of the Second World War and the
“air age”, they envisaged a tripolar world order that entailed a new conception
of political space and international relations. Lattimore’s global geopolitical order
sought to replace imperialism with democracy, while Spykman employed geopolitical
concepts to envisage a tripolar order of “balanced powers” which built upon—rather
than rejected—existing imperial structures. This paper examines their international
theories and the policy implications of their thought to claim that 1940s theoretical
interdisciplinarity made an important contribution to the development of the discipline
of international relations in the United States.
Book Reviews by Or Rosenboim
book chapters by Or Rosenboim
Books by Or Rosenboim
Shedding critical light on this neglected chapter in the history of political thought, Or Rosenboim describes how a transnational network of globalist thinkers emerged from the traumas of war and expatriation in the 1940s and how their ideas drew widely from political philosophy, geopolitics, economics, imperial thought, constitutional law, theology, and philosophy of science. She presents compelling portraits of Raymond Aron, Owen Lattimore, Lionel Robbins, Barbara Wootton, Friedrich Hayek, Lionel Curtis, Richard McKeon, Michael Polanyi, Lewis Mumford, Jacques Maritain, Reinhold Niebuhr, H. G. Wells, and others. Rosenboim shows how the globalist debate they embarked on sought to balance the tensions between a growing recognition of pluralism on the one hand and an appreciation of the unity of humankind on the other.
An engaging look at the ideas that have shaped today's world, The Emergence of Globalism is a major work of intellectual history that is certain to fundamentally transform our understanding of the globalist ideal and its origins.
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Il saggio mira in primo luogo a mettere in discussione la presunta continuità che le tradizioni del realismo e della geopolitica rivendicano rispetto alla loro vicenda storica in Italia. Tale narrativa infatti dona coerenza a una traiettoria accidentata e discontinua, che passa anche per una fase di amnesia che coincide con la guerra fredda. In secondo luogo, il saggio vuole dimostrare che il recupero di entrambe le tradizioni avvenne solo grazie all’intraprendenza di alcuni intellettuali, come Pier Paolo Portinaro, Gianfranco Miglio e Carlo Galli e, in seguito, grazie a una inaspettata e all’apparenza marginale convergenza tra esponenti del pensiero marxista e intellettuali conservatori. A questa seguì la progressiva normalizzazione del pensiero geopolitico e il recupero trionfale del realismo durante dagli anni novanta, in assenza di una vera e propria riflessione critica rispetto a questi nuovi (e antichi) orientamenti. In ultima istanza, il saggio vuole interrogarsi da un lato sullo scollamento temporale con il quale questi quadri concettuali si affermano e sviluppano in Italia; dall’altro, sul nesso tra idee e politica, riflettendo su come, da un lato, l’economia del potere in Italia durante la guerra fredda e, dall’altro, l’iniziativa dei singoli abbiano inciso sul mondo intellettuale e accademico e su quale sia l’eredità di questa fase storica per il tempo corrente.
of international relations in the United States. The paper assesses the thought of
Owen Lattimore, a leading American sinologist and political adviser to F. D. Roosevelt
and Chiang Kai-shek, and Nicholas John Spykman, an influential internationalrelations
scholar at Yale. In the framework of the Second World War and the
“air age”, they envisaged a tripolar world order that entailed a new conception
of political space and international relations. Lattimore’s global geopolitical order
sought to replace imperialism with democracy, while Spykman employed geopolitical
concepts to envisage a tripolar order of “balanced powers” which built upon—rather
than rejected—existing imperial structures. This paper examines their international
theories and the policy implications of their thought to claim that 1940s theoretical
interdisciplinarity made an important contribution to the development of the discipline
of international relations in the United States.
Shedding critical light on this neglected chapter in the history of political thought, Or Rosenboim describes how a transnational network of globalist thinkers emerged from the traumas of war and expatriation in the 1940s and how their ideas drew widely from political philosophy, geopolitics, economics, imperial thought, constitutional law, theology, and philosophy of science. She presents compelling portraits of Raymond Aron, Owen Lattimore, Lionel Robbins, Barbara Wootton, Friedrich Hayek, Lionel Curtis, Richard McKeon, Michael Polanyi, Lewis Mumford, Jacques Maritain, Reinhold Niebuhr, H. G. Wells, and others. Rosenboim shows how the globalist debate they embarked on sought to balance the tensions between a growing recognition of pluralism on the one hand and an appreciation of the unity of humankind on the other.
An engaging look at the ideas that have shaped today's world, The Emergence of Globalism is a major work of intellectual history that is certain to fundamentally transform our understanding of the globalist ideal and its origins.