International Relations in a Relational Universe by Milja Kurki
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Description Building a conversation between relational cosmology, developed in natural sciences, and critical social theory, this book seeks to develop a new perspective on how to think relationally in and around the study of IR.
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It is time for International Relations (IR) to join the relational revolution afoot in the natural and social sciences. To do so, more careful reflection is needed on cosmological assumptions in the sciences and also in the study and practice of international relations. In particular it is argued here that we need to pay careful attention to whether and how we think 'relationally'. Building a conversation between relational cosmology, developed in natural sciences,and critical social theory, this book seeks to develop a new perspective on how to think relationally in and around the study of IR. International Relations in a RelationalUniverse asks: What kind of cosmological background assumptions do we make as we tackle international relations today and where do our assumptions (about states, individuals, or the international) come from? And can we reorient our cosmological imaginations towards more relational understanding of the universe and what would this mean for the study and practice of international politics? The book argues that we live in a world without 'things', a world ofprocesses and relations. It also suggests that we live in relations which exceed the boundaries of the human and the social, in planetary relations with plants and animals. Rethinking conceptual premises of IR, Kurkipoints towards a 'planetary politics' perspective within which we can reimagine IR as a field of study and also political practices, including the future of democracy.
Author Biography
Milja Kurki is a Professor at the Department of International Politics in Aberystwyth University. Her areas of interest are international relations theory, philosophy of science, democracy and democracy promotion, critical theory, and more recently scientific cosmology, social-natural science nexus and posthumanism. She is a co-editor of the journal International Relations, Director of the Planetary Challenges and Politics Centre, and the Director ofResearch in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University.
Details ISBN 0198850883 ISBN-13 9780198850885 Title International Relations in a Relational Universe Author Milja Kurki Format Hardcover Year 2020 Pages 228 Publisher Oxford University Press GE_Item_ID:161075754; About Us
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