1st Edition

Widening the World of International Relations Homegrown Theorizing

Edited By Ersel Aydinli, Gonca Biltekin Copyright 2018
252 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Current international relations (IR) theories and approaches, which are almost exclusively built in the West, are alien to the non-Western contexts that engender the most hard-pressing problems of the world and ultimately unhelpful in understanding or addressing the needs surrounding these issues. Our supposedly revolutionary new concepts and approaches remain largely insufficient in... Read more

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?

Biography

Ersel Aydinli, Gonca Biltekin