Widening the World of International Relations: Homegrown Theorizing

ISBN-13: 9780367471736 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 252 str.

Ersel Aydinli; Gonca Biltekin

Opis

Western concepts and approaches to IR remain insufficient in explaining what happens globally. Aydinli and Biltekin propose a new form of theorizing, which effectively blends peripheral outlooks with theory production. They call this form "homegrown theorizing".

Spis treści

PART I: Homegrown Theorizing in Perspective  1. Widening the world of IR: A typology of homegrown theorizing  2. Would 100 global workshops on theory building make a difference?  3. Homegrown Theorizing: Knowledge, Scholar, Theory  PART II: Theorizing at "Home"   4. Iranian Scholars and Theorizing International Relations: Achievements and Challenges  5.  The genealogy of culturalist international relations in Japan and its implications for post-western discourse  6. Chinese Concepts and Relational International Politics  7. Reshaping International Relations: Theoretical Innovations from Africa  PART III: Innovative Encounters  8. Unpacking the Post-Soviet: A Political Legacy of the Tartu-Moscow Semiotic School  9. Transcending Hegemonic International Relations Theorization: Nothingness, Re-Worlding, and Balance of Relationship  10. Conceptual Cultivation and Homegrown Theorizing: The Case of/for the Concept of Influence  PART IV: Conclusion  11. Why do we need homegrown theories?

O autorze

Ersel Aydinli, Gonca Biltekin