Antropologia e politica della Società Internazionale globale: attualità del modello groziano

The globalization of International Society has revived the scholarly interest for the anthropological and cultural foundations of its frontiers. The historical evidence shows that the relationship between Europe and other “families of nations” has passed through a rich plurality of cultural and normative orientations. The “grotian” model of relations with ‘barbarians’ defined by Martin Wight recognizes the flexible and heterogeneous relationship between anthropological differences and normative attitudes, emphasizing the polymorphous manifestations of the ius communicationis. Building on this basis, the theory of International Relations can elaborate a positive analytical framework for the study of “separate spaces” of international order and the various ‘inside/outside’ connections.