The primary interest of Andrew Linklater, FBA, FAcSS, FLSW, was in obligations beyond the state, meaning how membership of a particular community could be reconciled with notions of common humanity. To this end he produced a remarkably coherent and evolving body of work, steadily expanding its scope in both intellectual and disciplinary terms. He will be remembered as a major theorist of international relations but also as having made a significant contribution to historical sociology.
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