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The zen of international relations

IR theory from East to West

edited byStephen ChanPeter MandavilleRoland Bleiker

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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Introduction

within international relations itself, a new culture rises up

Stephen ChanPeter Mandaville

pp.1-14

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286429_1
A story beyond telos

redeeming the shield of Achilles for a realism of rights in IR

Stephen Chan

pp.79-98

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286429_5
East-West stories of war and peace

neorealist claims in light of ancient Chinese philosophy

Roland Bleiker

pp.177-201

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286429_9
Selling culture

ancient Chinese conceptions of "the other" in legends

Qing Cao

pp.202-221

https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230286429_10

Publication details

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Place: Basingstoke

Year: 2001

Pages: 254

DOI: 10.1057/9780230286429

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.