*Shortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial Prize 2008*
How we think about international relations theory needs to change. Kees van der Pijl argues that by making the ‘nation-state’ the focus of international relations, the discipline has become Euro-centric and a-historical and that theories of imperialism and historic civilisations, and their relation to world order, have been discarded. With more than half the world’s population living in cities, with unprecedented levels of migration, global politics is present on every street corner. The ‘international’ is no longer only a balance of power among states, but includes tribal relations making a comeback in various ways.
Outlining a new approach to IR theory, the book makes a case for a re-reading of world history in terms of foreign relations, and shows what it reveals about both our past and our future.
Tabella dei contenuti
Preface
1. Foreign Relations and the Marxist Legacy
2. Tribal Encounters
3. Imperial Universalism and the Nomad Counterpoint
4. The Conquest of the Oceans-Ethnogenesis of the West
5. Worlds of Difference
References
Index
Circa l’autore
Kees van der Pijl is a Fellow of the Centre for Global Political Economy and Professor Emeritus at the University of Sussex. His books include The Disciple of Western Supremacy (Pluto, 2014) The Foreign Encounter in Myth and Religion (Pluto, 2010), the Deutscher prize-winning Nomads, Empires, States (Pluto, 2007).
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