The Myth of 1648: Class, Geopolitics, and the Making of Modern International Relations - Paperbackby Benno Teschke (Author) Winner of the 2003 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize, a fresh reinterpretation of the origins of modern international relations. Author Biography Benno Teschke is professor in International Relations at the University of Sussex. He was previously a Lecturer in the Department of International Relations & Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea, and Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Social Theory