The Kyoto School And International Relations

Author : Kosuke Shimizu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
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Release : 2022-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138624950

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The Kyoto School and International Relations explores the Kyoto School's challenge to transcend the 'Western' domination over the 'rest' of the world, and the issues this raises for contemporary 'non-Western' and 'Global IR' literature. Was the support of Kyoto School thinkers inevitable due to the despotism of military government, thus nothing to do with their philosophy, or a logical extension of their philosophical engagement? The book answers this question by investigating individual Kyoto School philosophers in detail. The author argues that any attempts to transcend the 'West' are destined to be drawn into power politics as far as they uncritically adopt and use the prevailing ontological concept of linear progressive time and dominant meta-narrative of Westphalia. Thus, to fully understand this problem, there is the need to be cautious of the power of language of Westphalia and the concept of time in IR. Aimed at students and scholars of IR Theory, Japanese Politics and East Asian IR in general, this book provides some introductory explanations of these academic subjects, developing a theory based on the concepts of time and language of Kyoto School philosophy.

Author : Kosuke Shimizu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 158 pages
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Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429863301

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The Kyoto School and International Relations explores the Kyoto School’s challenge to transcend the ‘Western’ domination over the ‘rest’ of the world, and the issues this raises for contemporary ‘non-Western’ and ‘Global IR’ literature. Was the support of Kyoto School thinkers inevitable due to the despotism of military government, thus nothing to do with their philosophy, or a logical extension of their philosophical engagement? The book answers this question by investigating individual Kyoto School philosophers in detail. The author argues that any attempts to transcend the ‘West’ are destined to be drawn into power politics as far as they uncritically adopt and use the prevailing ontological concept of linear progressive time and dominant meta-narrative of Westphalia. Thus, to fully understand this problem, there is the need to be cautious of the power of language of Westphalia and the concept of time in IR. Aimed at students and scholars of IR theory, Japanese politics and East Asian IR in general, this book provides some introductory explanations of these academic subjects, developing a theory based on the concepts of time and language of Kyoto School philosophy.

Author : Christopher Goto-Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134308590

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Political Philosophy in Japan by Christopher Goto-Jones Pdf

Political Philosophy in Japan focuses on the politics of Japan's pre-eminent philosophical school - the Kyoto School - and particularly that of its founder, Nishida Kitarô (1870-1945). Existing literature on Nishida is dismissive of there being serious political content in his work, and of the political stance of the wider school. Goto-Jones contends that, far from being apolitical, Nishida's philosophy was explicitly and intentionally political, and that a proper political reading of Nishida sheds new light on the controversies surrounding the alleged complicity of the Kyoto School in Japanese ultra-nationalism. This book offers a unique and potentially controversial view of the subject of Nishida and the Kyoto School.

Author : Felix Rösch,Atsuko Watanabe
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786603692

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Modern Japanese Political Thought and International Relations by Felix Rösch,Atsuko Watanabe Pdf

In an ever more globalized world, sustainable global development requires effective intercultural co-operations. This dialogue between non-western and western cultures is essential to identifying global solutions for global socio-political challenges. Modern Japanese Political Thought and International Relations critiques the formation of non-western International Relations by assessing Japanese political concepts to contemporary IR discourses since the Meji Restoration, to better understand knowledge exchanges in intercultural contexts. Each chapter focuses on a particular aspect of this dialogue, from international law and nationalism to concepts of peace and Daoism, this collection grapples with postcolonial questions of Japan’s indigenous IR theory.

Author : Glenn D. Hook,Julie Gilson,Christopher W. Hughes,Hugo Dobson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134328055

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Japan's International Relations by Glenn D. Hook,Julie Gilson,Christopher W. Hughes,Hugo Dobson Pdf

The new edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single volume resource for all those studying Japan's international relations.

Author : Hirano Mutsumi
Publisher : Global Oriental
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004213081

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History Education and International Relations by Hirano Mutsumi Pdf

First in-depth study to examine the implications of history education in the context of international relations (interstate and transnational), focusing on Japanese textbooks. The author argues that despite a widespread recognition that our grasp of history has some relevance to our views and attitudes towards foreign countries and peoples.

Author : Robert J. Pekkanen,Ethan Scheiner,Steven R. Reed
Publisher : Springer
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137552006

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Japan Decides 2014 by Robert J. Pekkanen,Ethan Scheiner,Steven R. Reed Pdf

Collecting original and high-quality analysis by top scholars from Japan, the United States, Australia, and Europe, this volume analyzes the results of the 2014 election, examining each of the major political parties, central policy issues, campaign practices, and considers how the results were used as a mandate for massive policy reform.

Author : Christopher Goto-Jones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134193387

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Re-Politicising the Kyoto School as Philosophy by Christopher Goto-Jones Pdf

In Re-Politicising the Kyoto School as Philosophy Christopher Goto-Jones contends that existing approaches to the controversial Kyoto School fail to take it seriously as a school of philosophy, instead focussing on historical debates about the alleged complicity of the School’s members with the imperialist regime in Japan. The essays in this book take a new approach to the subject, engaging substantially with the philosophical texts of members of the Kyoto School, and demonstrating that the school developed serious and sophisticated positions on many of the perennial questions that lie at the heart of political philosophy. These positions are innovative and fresh, and are of value to political philosophy today, as well as to intellectual historians of Japan. In particular, the book is structured around the various ways in which we might locate the Kyoto School in mainstream traditions of political thought, and the insights offered by the School about the core concepts in political philosophy. In this way the book re-politicises the Kyoto School. With chapters written by many leading scholars in the field, and representing a contribution to political thought as well as the intellectual history of Japan, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese studies, philosophy and political thought.

Author : Cornelia Navari,Daniel Green
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781118624760

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Guide to the English School in International Studies by Cornelia Navari,Daniel Green Pdf

Bringing together the latest scholarship from a global group of expert contributors, this guide offers a comprehensive examination of the English School approach to the study of international relations. Explains the major ideas of the British Committee on International Relations, including the idea of and institutions connected to an international society, the emerging notion of world society, and order within international relations Describes the English School’s methods of analyzing themes, trends, and dilemmas Focuses on the historical and geographical expansion of international society, and particularly on the effects of colonization and imperialism Serves as an essential reference for students, researchers, and academics in international relations

Author : Pinar Bilgin,L.H.M. Ling
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317153795

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Asia in International Relations by Pinar Bilgin,L.H.M. Ling Pdf

Asia in International Relations decolonizes conventional understandings and representations of Asia in International Relations (IR). This book opens by including all those geographical and cultural linkages that constitute Asia today but are generally ignored by mainstream IR. Covering the Indian subcontinent, Turkey, the Mediterranean, Iran, the Arab world, Ethiopia, and Central-Northeast-Southeast Asia, the volume draws on rich literatures to develop our understanding of power relations in the world’s largest continent. Contributors "de-colonize", "de-imperialize", and "de-Cold War" the region to articulate an alternative narrative about Asia, world politics, and IR. This approach reframes old problems in new ways with the possibility of transforming them, rather than recycling the same old approaches with the same old "intractable" outcomes.

Author : Teruo Gotoda,University of California, Berkeley. Center for Japanese Studies
Publisher : University of California, Institute of East Asian Studies
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Kyoto (Japan)
ISBN : UCAL:B4495578

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The Local Politics of Kyoto by Teruo Gotoda,University of California, Berkeley. Center for Japanese Studies Pdf

Author : Andreas Gofas,Inanna Hamati-Ataya,Nicholas Onuf
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 983 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781526415608

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The SAGE Handbook of the History, Philosophy and Sociology of International Relations by Andreas Gofas,Inanna Hamati-Ataya,Nicholas Onuf Pdf

The SAGE Handbook of the History, Philosophy and Sociology of International Relations offers a panoramic overview of the broad field of International Relations by integrating three distinct but interrelated foci. It retraces the historical development of International Relations (IR) as a professional field of study, explores the philosophical foundations of IR, and interrogates the sociological mechanisms through which scholarship is produced and the field is structured. Comprising 38 chapters from both established scholars and an emerging generation of innovative meta-theorists and theoretically driven empiricists, the handbook fosters discussion of the field from the inside out, forcing us to come to grips with the widely held perception that IR is experiencing an existential crisis quite unlike anything else in its hundred-year history. This timely and innovative reference volume reflects on situated scholarly practices in a way that projects our collective thinking into the future. PART ONE: THE INWARD GAZE: INTRODUCTORY REFLECTIONS PART TWO: IMAGINING THE INTERNATIONAL, ACKNOWLEDGING THE GLOBAL PART THREE: THE SEARCH FOR (AN) IDENTITY PART FOUR: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AS A PROFESSION PART FIVE: LOOKING AHEAD: THE FUTURE OF META-ANALYSIS

Author : Kosuke Shimizu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351110211

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Critical International Relations Theories in East Asia by Kosuke Shimizu Pdf

What do we study when we study International Relations (IR)? This book interrogates the meanings of the established ontology and subjectivity embedded in the discourse of "Western" and "non-Western" IR. We are predisposed to see a nation-state as a unified entity, everlasting and moving towards a particular end. This leads us to say, for example, "Japan is threatened by the possible Chinese attack’ without questioning what "Japan" and "China" mean in this context. This book tries to locate and unearth the consistent structure and system of the world, with a particular focus on subjectivity and temporality in IR that captures the way in which we conceive and misconceive the world. The contributors reveal the extent to which contemporary IR discourses are a part of the culture of linear progress and pre-given autonomous sovereign individuals. Our targets of inquiry therefore inevitably include not only "Western" IR, but "non-Western" discourses as well. The contributors focus on the fluid identities of contemporary world affairs with special attention to temporality, and strive to develop a new approach to understanding the contemporary world and the meanings of world affairs.

Author : Ersel Aydinli,Gonca Biltekin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351332842

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Widening the World of International Relations by Ersel Aydinli,Gonca Biltekin Pdf

Current international relations (IR) theories and approaches, which are almost exclusively built in the West, are alien to the non-Western contexts that engender the most hard-pressing problems of the world and ultimately unhelpful in understanding or addressing the needs surrounding these issues. Our supposedly revolutionary new concepts and approaches remain largely insufficient in explaining what happens globally and in offering lessons for improvement. This deficiency can only be addressed by building more relevant theories. For theory to be relevant in accounting for contemporary international relations, we argue, it should not only apply to, but also emanate from different corners of the current political universe. In other words, diversity and dialogue can only come about when periphery scholars do not just "meta-theorize" but also "theorize." Aydinli and Biltekin propose a new form of theorizing through this collection of work, one that effectively blends peripheral outlooks with theory production. They call this form "homegrown theorizing," or original theorizing in the periphery about the periphery. Arguing that disciplinary culture is oblivious to the diversity that might be achieved by theorizing based on indigenous ideas and/or practices, this book intends to highlight that potential, showing diversity in the background of the authors, because wherever one looks at the world from, paints the picture that is being seen. Therefore, we bring together scholars from Eastern Europe to South Africa, from Iran to Japan to cover the extant diversity in ideas. This work will be essential reading for all students and scholars concerned with the future of international relations theory.

Author : Deepshikha Shahi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031391217

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Global IR Research Programme by Deepshikha Shahi Pdf

The Global IR research programme promulgates a borderless ecology of cultures that has only an inside without an outside. This borderless ecology of cultures reinvents the human condition (including the condition of ‘the international’) as perpetually interconnected at the level of consciousness. While Western-centric IR theories depend on (neo-)Kantian philosophies to emphasize the time-space bounded identities of human beings living in visibly divided phenomenal worlds, the de-Kantian philosophies of the Global IR research programme – exemplified by the Tianxia, Advaita, and Nishida Kitaro’s Buddhism-inspired theories – recuperate the temporally-spatially indivisible phenomenal-noumenal flow of human life, thereby facilitating back-and-forth movement between the Westdominated ‘one world’ and the non-West-embodied ‘many worlds’. The central objective of the book is to demonstrate how this back-and-forth movement offers opportunities to conceive of and found a new world order that recognizes the temporally-spatially indivisible human condition on earth. The book delineates a set of guiding principles to promote an innovative practice of theory-building and policy-making that transcends the geo-centric limitations of knowledge-production and knowledge-application, thereby establishing the futuristic foundation of the Global IR research programme.