Critical Theorists And International Relations

Author : Jenny Edkins,Nick Vaughan-Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134025794

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Critical Theorists and International Relations by Jenny Edkins,Nick Vaughan-Williams Pdf

A wide range of critical theorists is used in the study of international politics, and until now there has been no text that gives concise and accessible introductions to these figures. Critical Theorists and International Relations provides a wide-ranging introduction to thirty-two important theorists whose work has been influential in thinking about global politics. Each chapter is written by an expert with a detailed knowledge of the theorist concerned, representing a range of approaches under the rubric ‘critical’, including Marxism and post-Marxism, the Frankfurt School, hermeneutics, phenomenology, postcolonialism, feminism, queer theory, poststructuralism, pragmatism, scientific realism, deconstruction and psychoanalysis. Key features of each chapter include: a clear and concise biography of the relevant thinker an introduction to their key writings and ideas a summary of the ways in which these ideas have influenced and are being used in international relations scholarship a list of suggestions for further reading Written in engaging and accessible prose, Critical Theorists and International Relations is a unique and invaluable resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars of international relations.

Author : Richard Wyn Jones
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1555878024

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Critical Theory and World Politics by Richard Wyn Jones Pdf

This text brings together leading critical theorists of world politics to discuss both the promise and the pitfalls of their work. The contributors range broadly across the terrain of world politics, engaging with both theory and emancipatory practice. Critiques by two scholars from other IR traditions are also included. The result is a seminal statement of the critical theory approach to understanding world politics.

Author : Steven C. Roach
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788112895

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Handbook of Critical International Relations by Steven C. Roach Pdf

Comprising a plurality of perspectives, this timely Handbook is an essential resource for understanding past and current challenges to democracy, justice, social and gender equality, identity and freedom. It shows how critical international relations (IR) theory functions as a broad-based and diverse critique of society.

Author : Tayyar Arı
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Identity politics
ISBN : 9781666915532

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Critical Theories in International Relations by Tayyar Arı Pdf

"The book analyzes the critical theories in international relations that have become increasingly popular in the post-Cold War era. The book will analyze critical theory, Frankfurt School, constructivism, post-colonialism, feminism, critical geopolitics, political economy, Copenhagen School, Aberystwyth School, Paris School and Ontological security"--

Author : Shannon Brincat,Laura Lima,Joao Nunes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136505713

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Critical Theory in International Relations and Security Studies by Shannon Brincat,Laura Lima,Joao Nunes Pdf

This book provides an assessment of the legacy, challenges and future directions of Critical Theory in the fields of International Relations and Security Studies. This book provides ‘first-hand’ interviews with some of the pioneers of Critical Theory in the fields of International Relations Theory and Security Studies. The interviews are combined innovatively with reflective essays to create an engaging and accessible discussion of the legacy and challenges of critical thinking. A unique forum that combines first-person discussion and secondary commentary on a variety of theoretical positions, the book explores in detail the interaction between different theories and approaches, including postcolonialism, feminism, and poststructuralism. Scholars from a variety of theoretical backgrounds reflect on the strengths and problems of critical theory, recasting the theoretical discussion about critical theory in the study of world politics and examining the future of the discipline. Both an introduction and an advanced engagement with theoretical developments over the past three decades, Critical Theory in International Relations and Security Studies will be of interest to students and scholars of International Politics, Security Studies and Philosophy.

Author : Richard Devetak
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192556615

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Critical International Theory by Richard Devetak Pdf

Whether inspired by the Frankfurt School or Antonio Gramsci, the impact of critical theory on the study of international relations has grown considerably since its advent in the early 1980s. This book offers the first intellectual history of critical international theory. Richard Devetak approaches this history by locating its emergence in the rising prestige of theory and the theoretical persona. As theory's prestige rose in the discipline of international relations it opened the way for normative and metatheoretical reconsiderations of the discipline and the world. The book traces the lines of intellectual inheritance through the Frankfurt School to the Enlightenment, German idealism, and historical materialism, to reveal the construction of a particular kind of intellectual persona: the critical international theorist who has mastered reflexive, dialectical forms of social philosophy. . In addition to the extensive treatment of critical theory's reception and development in international relations, the book recovers a rival form of theory that originates outside the usual inheritance of critical international theory in Renaissance humanism and the civil Enlightenment. This historical mode of theorising was intended to combat metaphysical encroachments on politics and international relations and to prioritise the mundane demands of civil government over the self-reflective demands of dialectical social philosophies. By proposing contextualist intellectual history as a form of critical theory, Critical International Theory defends a mode of historical critique that refuses the normative temptations to project present conceptions onto an alien past, and to abstract from the offices of civil government.

Author : Andrew Linklater
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : International relations
ISBN : 0415201381

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International Relations: Section I. The nature and purpose of international relations theory. Section II. Idealism and realism by Andrew Linklater Pdf

Author : Steven C. Roach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135173692

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Critical Theory of International Politics by Steven C. Roach Pdf

This is first detailed account on the origins of critical theory and how it has developed and influenced international relations. Making complex ideas accessible to all, it discusses Marx and post-Marxist thinkers; the Frankfurt School; Adorno, Benjamin and Marcuse; Habermas, Gramsci and Foucault alongside critical IR scholars Robert W. Cox, Rob Walker, James Der Derian, Christine Sylvester, Richard Ashley and Andrew Linklater.

Author : Stephanie Lawson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745695136

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Theories of International Relations by Stephanie Lawson Pdf

Since the field of International Relations was established almost a century ago, many different theoretical approaches have been developed, each offering distinctive accounts of the world, why it has come to be the way it is, and how it might be made a better place. In this illuminating textbook, leading IR scholar, Stephanie Lawson, examines each of these theories in turn, from political realism in its various forms to liberalism, Marxism, critical theory and more recent contributions from social theory, feminism, postcolonialism and green theory. Taking as her focus the major practical issues facing scholars of international relations today, Lawson ably shows how each theory relates to situations ?on the ground?. Each chapter features case studies, questions for discussion to encourage reflection and classroom debate, guides to further reading and web resources. The study of IR is a profoundly normative enterprise, and each theoretical school has its strengths and weaknesses. Theories of International Relations encourages a critical, reflective approach to the study of IR theory, while emphasising the many important and interesting things it has to teach us about the complexities and challenges of international politics today.

Author : Stephen Hobden
Publisher : Critical Theory and Contempora
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1526131951

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Critical Theory and International Relations by Stephen Hobden Pdf

An introduction to critical theory in international relations summarising the history of critical thought in the discipline and its possible future.

Author : J. Samuel Barkin,Laura Sjoberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190463434

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International Relations' Last Synthesis? by J. Samuel Barkin,Laura Sjoberg Pdf

Many scholars, intentionally or unintentionally, have entangled constructivisms and critical theories in problematic ways, either by assigning a critical-theoretical politics to constructivisms or by assuming the appropriateness of constructivist epistemology and methods for critical theorizing. IR's Last Synthesis? makes the argument that these connections mirror IR's grand theoretical syntheses of the 1980s and 1990s and have similar constraining effects on the possibilities of IR theory. They have been made without adequate reflection, in contradiction to the base assumptions of each theoretical perspective, and to the detriment of both knowledge accumulation about global politics and theoretical rigor in disciplinary IR. It is not that constructivisms and critical theories have no common ground; rather, the fact that it has become routine for IR scholars to overstate their common ground is counterproductive to the discovery and utilization of their potential dialogues. To that end, IR's Last Synthesis? argues that scholars using the two in conjunction should be cognizant of, rather than gloss over, the tensions between the approaches and the tools they have to offer. Along these lines, the book uses the concept of affordances to look at what each has to offer the other, and to argue for a modest, reflective, specified return to (constructivist and critical) IR theorizing. By rejecting its over-simple syntheses, this book hews a road toward reviving IR theorizing.

Author : Richard Devetak,Anthony Burke,Jim George
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139505604

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An Introduction to International Relations by Richard Devetak,Anthony Burke,Jim George Pdf

Invaluable to students and those approaching the subject for the first time, An Introduction to International Relations, Second Edition provides a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to international relations, its traditions and its changing nature in an era of globalisation. Thoroughly revised and updated, it features chapters written by a range of experts from around the world. It presents a global perspective on the theories, history, developments and debates that shape this dynamic discipline and contemporary world politics. Now in full-colour and accompanied by a password-protected companion website featuring additional chapters and case studies, this is the indispensable guide to the study of international relations.

Author : Steven C. Roach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015073641576

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Critical Theory and International Relations by Steven C. Roach Pdf

Provides students and scholars with a comprehensive compilation of essays, articles, and book selections which bring together the traditional and essential works of Critical Theory and Critical International Relations Theory.

Author : Siegfried Schieder,Manuela Spindler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317753322

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Theories of International Relations by Siegfried Schieder,Manuela Spindler Pdf

This book is a comprehensive guide to theories of International Relations (IR). Given the limitations of a paradigm-based approach, it sheds light on eighteen theories and new theoretical perspectives in IR by examining the work of key reference theorists. The chapters are all written to a common template. The introductory section provides readers with a basic understanding of the theory’s genesis by locating it within an intellectual tradition, paying particular attention to the historical and political context. The second section elaborates on the theory as formulated by the selected reference theorist. After this account of the theory’s core elements, the third section turns to theoretical variations, examining conceptual subdivisions and overlaps, further developments and internal critique. The fourth section scrutinizes the main criticisms emanating from other theoretical perspectives and highlights points of contact with recent research in IR. The fifth and final section consists of a bibliography carefully compiled to aid students’ further learning. Encompassing a broad range of mainstream, traditional theories as well as emerging and critical perspectives, this is an original and ground-breaking textbook for students of International Relations. The German edition of the book won the "Geisteswissenschaften International" Prize, collectively awarded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, the German Federal Foreign Office and the German Publishers & Booksellers Association.

Author : Cynthia Weber
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415778190

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International Relations Theory by Cynthia Weber Pdf

Introducing students to the main theories in international relations, this textbook also deconstructs each theory, allowing students to engage critically with the assumptions and myths that underpin them.