Beware of false prophets: biology, human nature and the future of International Relations theory

  1. DUNCAN BELL†

Article first published online: 8 MAY 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2006.00547.x

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Volume 82, Issue 3, pages 493–510, May 2006

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BELL, D. (2006), Beware of false prophets: biology, human nature and the future of International Relations theory. International Affairs, 82: 493–510. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2006.00547.x

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  1. Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Christ's College. His research interests are mainly in international political theory and the history of political thought. He is the author of The idea of Greater Britain: empire, nation, and the future of global order, c. 1860–1900 (2007). He has also edited two forthcoming collections: Memory, trauma, and world politics: reflections on the relationship between past and present (2006); and Victorian visions of global order: empire and international relations in nineteenth-century British political thought (2007).

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    I would like to thank the following (in no particular order) for their insightful comments on earlier drafts of this article, as well as for illuminating conversations on a number of the topics addressed: Andrea Sangiovanni, Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Paul MacDonald, Amanda Dickins, Casper Sylvest, Jude Browne, Sarah Fine, Philip Towle, Tim Lewens and John Dupré.

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    I would like to thank the following (in no particular order) for their insightful comments on earlier drafts of this article, as well as for illuminating conversations on a number of the topics addressed: Andrea Sangiovanni, Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Paul MacDonald, Amanda Dickins, Casper Sylvest, Jude Browne, Sarah Fine, Philip Towle, Tim Lewens and John Dupré.

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