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Tabla de contenidos: Introduction -- Extant Studies -- Why is Diplomacy Marginalized in International Relations? -- The Turn to History and the Return of Diplomacy -- Diplomacy as an Institution -- Toward a Historical Sociology of Diplomacy -- Mediating Universalism and Particularism -- Building Blocks of Theory -- Institutionalization -- Ritualization -- Shared Symbols and Preferences: Diplomatic Protocol -- Reciprocity, Precedence and Diplomatic Immunity -- Diplomatic Ranks -- Language -- Gathering Information -- Transmitting Information: Diplomatic Signaling -- Negotiation -- Verbal and Nonverbal Communication -- Public and Private Communication -- Technological Development -- Concluding Remarks -- Behaviour: Acting for Others -- Status: Standing for Others -- Concluding Remarks -- Reproduction of Pre-Modern International Societies -- Reproduction of the Modern Society of States -- Concluding Remarks -- Philip, Alexander and the Greek Community -- Religious vs. Secular Polities in the Middle Ages -- The European Union -- Concluding Remarks -- Conclusion

Essence of Diplomacy explores essential, timeless features of diplomacy, drawing on the richly documented history of diplomacy from the Ancient Near East to today. Viewing diplomacy as a perennial international institution, the authors aim to make international relations (IR) theory relevant to diplomacy and diplomacy relevant to IR theory. Insights and concepts from such fields as representation, ritual, communication and institutionalization as well as historical sociology are used in their effort to formulate a pre-theory of diplomacy. The authors propose that diplomacy, at a high level of abstraction, can be analyzed as the mediation of universalism and particularism, and identify three essential dimensions of diplomacy: communication, representation and the reproduction of international society