International Relations and Non-Western Thought: Imperialism, Colonialism and Investigations of Global Modernity (Interventions)

Synopsis

International Relations, as a discipline, tends to focus upon European and Western canons of modern social and political thought. Alternatively, this book explores the global imperial and colonial context within which knowledge of modernity has been developed. The chapters sketch out the historical depth and contemporary significance of non-Western thought on modernity, as well as the rich diversity of its individuals, groups, movements and traditions. The contributors theoretically and substantively engage with non-Western thought in ways that refuse to render it exotic to, superfluous to or derivative of the orthodox Western canon of social and political thought. Taken as a whole, the book provides deep insights into the contested nature of a global modernity shaped so fundamentally by Western colonialism and imperialism. Now, as ever, these insights are desperately needed for a discipline that is so closely implicated in Western foreign policy making and yet retains such a myopic horizon of inquiry. This work provides a significant contribution to the field and will be of great interest to all scholars of politics, political theory and international relations theory.

Copyright:

2011

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781136903526

Related ISBNs:

9780203842126, 9780415577724, 9780415577724, 9780415522847, 9780415522847

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

03/09/20

Copyrighted By:

Editorial selection and matter, Robbie Shilliam

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics and Government

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Robbie Shilliam