Benno Teschke (born 1967 in
Osnabrück
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,
West Germany
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) is a German
international relations
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theorist. He is professor of International Relations at the
University of Sussex
, mottoeng = Be Still and Know
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £14.4 million (2020)
, budget = £319.6 million (2019–20)
, chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar
, vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil
, ...
. Teschke's scholarship is a contribution to
Marxist international relations theory, specifically in the
Political Marxism
Political Marxism (PM) is a strand of Marxist theory that places history at the centre of its analysis. It is also referred to as neo-Marxism.
History
The term ''political Marxism'' itself was coined during the Brenner debate of the late 1970 ...
tendency. He obtained his PhD from the
London School of Economics
, mottoeng = To understand the causes of things
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £240.8 million (2021)
, budget = £391.1 mill ...
in 1999, with a thesis title
The making of the Westphalian state-system: Social property relations, geopolitics and the myth of 1648.ref>
References
Bibliography
* Teschke, Benno, ''"The Myth of 1648: Class, Geopolitics and the Making of Modern International Relations"'', Verso, London, 2003.
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