1st Edition

Emancipatory International Relations Critical Thinking in International Relations

By Roger D. Spegele Copyright 2014
190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

International relations theory is witnessing a veritable explosion of works within the areas of modernism and postmodernism, yet there has been no attempt to compare these theories and their sources according to a common criterion or logical form. This author argues that while these pioneering, imaginative and exciting theoretical works are disparate, they also share a common... Read more

1. Emancipatory International Relations: A First Cut 2. Between Rationalism and Empiricism: An Emancipatory Reading of Immanuel Kant’s International Relations 3. Neo-Kantian Emancipatory Visions and Revisions 4. Marxism, Linklater and Critical Theory 5. Nietzsche: Founder of Postmodernism? 6. Postmodernist International Relations Discourse 7. Feminist Tensions in the Shadows of Modernist International Relations Theory 8. Postmodernist International Relations Feminist Theory: Can One Avoid the Maelstrom? 9. Conclusion

Biography

Roger D. Spegele has a PhD from the University of Chicago, USA, and is the author of Political Realism in International Theory (Cambridge University Press). In his academic career he has specialized in international politics, international relations theory and ethics.