1st Edition

Non-Western International Relations Theory Perspectives On and Beyond Asia

Edited By Amitav Acharya, Barry Buzan Copyright 2010
256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Given that the world has moved well beyond the period of Western colonialism, and clearly into a durable period in which non-Western cultures have gained their political autonomy, it is long past time that non-Western voices had a higher profile in debates about international relations, not just as disciples of Western schools of thought, but as inventors of their own approaches. Western IR... Read more

1. Why is there no Non-Western International Relations Theory: An Introduction Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan  2. Why Is There No Chinese International Relations Theory? Yaqing Qin  3. Why Are There No Non-Western Theories of International Relations? The Case of Japan Takashi Inoguchi  4. Why is There No Non-Western International Relations Theory? Reflections on and from Korea Chaesung Chun  5. Re-Imagining IR in India, Navnita Chadha Behera  6. Southeast Asia: Theory between Modernization and Tradition? Alan Chong  7. Perceiving Indonesian Approaches to International Relations Theory Irman G. Lanti and Leonard C. Sebastian  8. International Relations Theory and the Islamic Worldview Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh  9. World History and the Development of Non-Western IR Theory Barry Buzan and Richard Little  10. Conclusion: On the Possibility of a Non-Western International Relations Theory Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan

Biography

Amitav Acharya is Professor of International Politics at American University, USA.

Barry Buzan is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, UK.

"This book adds a critically needed voice that specifies areas of deficiency and methods which may allow for alternative and reasonable disciplinary guidance that can finally address the historical inequity within the study of IR. The authors provide key insights to a problematic theme regarding how to overcome “colonization of the mind” by the limiting and framing scopes of inquiry so as to essentially set an agenda with regard to an entire disciplinary field of academia and its requisite effects." - William J. Jones, Mahidol University International College; Journal of International and Global Studies Volume 4, Number 1, (November 2012).