"The Foreign Encounter In Myth And Religion" is the second volume of "Modes of
Foreign Relations and Political Economy," a three-volume project which is
changing the way we think about international relations.
In the first, Deutscher prize-winning volume, Kees van der Pilj introduced the
ground-breaking argument that our current international system of nation states
is merely a historically specific form of foreign relations, rather than a
permanent fixture. Now he traces the key characteristics of 'foreign encounters'
over time, showing that myth, religion and ethical philosophies have always
informed the way that societies have interacted with outsiders. This points us
towards the future state of international relations.
A truly