Book
The zen of international relations
IR theory from East to West
Abstract
The new millennium can only be a time of true globalization if different histories and systems of understanding the world are appreciated. The authors unveil significant studies to do with epistemological debates in International Relations, and give detailed middle and far-eastern examples of how different cultures have used story-telling as a means of understanding what is outside and around. Especially provocative is the Chinese idea of the West as an 'Other', as atypical and, indeed, inscrutable, to the extent of not needing scrutiny at all.
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within international relations itself, a new culture rises up
pp.1-14
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286429_1pp.69-78
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286429_4redeeming the shield of Achilles for a realism of rights in IR
pp.79-98
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286429_5pp.99-126
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286429_6Islamic "civilisation" or "civilised" Islam?
pp.129-156
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286429_7iranian foreign policy in theory and practice
pp.157-174
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286429_8neorealist claims in light of ancient Chinese philosophy
pp.177-201
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286429_9ancient Chinese conceptions of "the other" in legends
pp.202-221
https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286429_10Publication details
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place: Basingstoke
Year: 2001
Pages: 254
ISBN (hardback): 978-1-349-40097-3
ISBN (digital): 978-0-230-28642-9
Full citation:
Chan Stephen, Mandaville Peter, Bleiker Roland (2001) The zen of international relations: IR theory from East to West. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.