Designing Versailles : Landscapes and the perspectival peace : Dedicated to the memory of Frederick Arthur Farrell (29 November 1882 - 22 April 1935)

O'Donnell, Thérèse (2020) Designing Versailles : Landscapes and the perspectival peace : Dedicated to the memory of Frederick Arthur Farrell (29 November 1882 - 22 April 1935). London Review of International Law, 8 (1). 121–163. ISSN 2050-6333 (https://doi.org/10.1093/lril/lraa013)

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Abstract

This article analyses the 1919 peace treaty's signing at Versailles, and what the magnificent staging signalled about the peace terms, notably regarding power and emerging notions of self-determination. In 1919, international society appeared to be on the threshold of a new era. However, a dissonance emerged between the peacemakers' proclamations and the operationalisation of new principles of openness and emancipation. Certain royal houses and empires may have vanished but the remaining power-holders were not about to relinquish their dominance. While the familiar, blunt-edged tools of brazen colonialism were no longer available, some finer instruments and skilled professional expertise would finesse the details of an unequal hegemonic future. In all senses, this was a design project and in acknowledgement of Versailles's backdrop and the peacemakers' cartographic approach, landscape architecture's specialist principles offer a lens for comprehending and critiquing the legal-political practices of Versailles 1919.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:72566
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    23 October 2020
    Published
    23 October 2020
    Published Online
    2 June 2020
    Accepted
    Notes:Article is assigned to the March 2020 issue but published 23 October 2020. Dedicated to the memory of Frederick Arthur Farrell (29 November 1882 – 22 April 1935).
    Subjects:Law
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Law School > Law
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:04 Jun 2020 10:43
    Last modified:25 Apr 2024 01:16
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/72566
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