Critical Theory of International Politics : Complementarity, Justice, and Governance

ISBN-13: 9780415774857 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 184 str.

Steven C Roach

Opis

Critical international theory encompasses several distinct, radical approaches that focus on identity, difference, hegemonic power, and order. This book formulates an original theory of complementarity that brings together critical theory and critical international theory.

Spis treści

1. Critical Theory, Immanent Critique, and the Problem of the International  Part 1: Critical Theory Past and Present: Four Currents of Immanent Critique  2. Dialectics, Historical Materialism, and Repression  3. The Frankfurt School: The Rise of Radical Immanence and Communicative Action Theory  Part 2: Critical International Theory: Perspectives on Complementarity  4. Communicative Rationality, Recognition, and the Dual Complementarity of the International Criminal Court  5. Social Ontology: From Critical Realism to the Quantum Challenge  6. Justice, Negative Dialectics and Immanent Complementarity  7. Complementarity Envisaged: Self-Legitimization and the Global Social Imaginary

O autorze

Steven C. Roach is Assistant Professor of International Politics at the University of South Florida. Among his books are Governance, Order, and the International Criminal Court (2009), Critical Theory and International Relations: A Reader (2008), International Relations: The Key Concepts (2008) and Politicizing the International Criminal Court (2006).