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Stories of priam and job, the slaughter of their families, and twenty theses on the suggestiveness of good for the person of IR
pp. 99-126
Abstract
There is in IR a concern for truth, justice and good. These, however, tend to be argued as abstract principles or, at least, as abstracted ones, removed from any "real" world. IR has become, as many sought, a tributary of a German ideal philosophy. There is not, however, much expressed concern for the true person, the good man or woman. If, however, we imagined a rigorous praxis, so that the person of IR became also a person of truth, of justice and of good, what sort of person would that be? In what way may such a person be imagined? This essay offers suggestive answers to these questions.
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Chan Stephen, Mandaville Peter, Bleiker Roland (2001) The zen of international relations: IR theory from East to West. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Pages: 99-126
Full citation:
Chan Stephen (2001) „Stories of priam and job, the slaughter of their families, and twenty theses on the suggestiveness of good for the person of IR“, In: S. Chan, P. Mandaville & R. Bleiker (eds.), The zen of international relations, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 99–126.