1st Edition

Ontology and World Politics Void Universalism I

By Sergei Prozorov Copyright 2014
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Together these two companion volumes develop an innovative theory of world politics, grounded in the reinterpretation of the concepts of ‘world’ and ‘politics’ from an ontological perspective.  Ontology and World Politics presents a new approach to political universalism, grounded in the reinterpretation of world politics from an ontological perspective. In the discipline of... Read more

Introduction: The Existence of Universality PART I. THE WORLD AND WORLDS Chapter 1: Three Concepts of the World Chapter 2: Politics: Bringing the World into Worlds PART II. WHAT IS WORLD POLITICS? Chapter 3: Three Axioms of Politics Chapter 4: The Typology of Political Invariants

Biography

Sergei Prozorov is University Lecturer in World Politics at the University of Helsinki and Academy of Finland Research Fellow. He is the author of four books, the most recent being The Ethics of Postcommunism. He has also published numerous articles on political philosophy and international relations in major international journals.

With a level of philosophical sophistication rarely found in the discipline of international relations, Sergei Prozorov’s texts issue challenges that no one interested in politics in general and global politics in particular should ignore.

Michael J. Shapiro, University of Hawai’i Manoa, USA.

Taken together, Ontology and World Politics and Theory of the Political Subject represent the most ambitious re-articulation of the ontological and ethical foundations of universalism to date by one of the most brilliant and provocative scholars of his generation. I can thus warmly recommend these volumes to anyone with an interest in cutting-edge international political theory.

Jens Bartelson, Professor of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden.