The myth of 1648 class geopolitics and the making of modern international relations by benno teschke london new york verso 2003 x plus 308 pp 3500. Buy the paperback book the myth of 1648 class geopolitics and the making of modern international relations by benno teschke at indigoca canadas largest bookstore free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Paula sutter fichtner benno teschke the myth of 1648 class geopolitics and the making of modern international relations new york verso 2003 pp xii 30. The treaty of westphalia in 1648 is widely interpreted as the foundation of modern international relations benno teschke exposes this as a myth in the process he provides a fresh re interpretation of the making of modern international relations from the eighth to the eighteenth century. The myth of 1648 argues that the onset of specifically modern international relations only began with the conjunction of the rise of capitalism and modern state formation in england thereafter the english model caused the restructuring of the old regimes of the continent