Politics and International Relations 2011 (UK) - Routledge

ForthcomiNg
Critical International
Relations - An Introduction
From the Barbarian to the Cyborg
James der derian, Brown University, USA
In Critical International Relations - An Introduction, the
radical IR theorist James Der Derian provides an
innovative text based on the critical encounters
throughout history that have transformed international
relations.
Unlike other books on world politics which focus on the
perspective of great leaders, empires, nation-states,
“great powers,“ etc., Der Derian’s text focuses on the
perspective of the under-represented, the demonized,
and the neglected ‘other’ who are also actors of world
politics. Ten historic struggles for recognition and power
in world politics are narrated from the point of view of
emblematic historical figures. The focus is not on who
wins or loses but rather on how International Relations is
changed by alien encounters. The goal is to represent
the alien, and in the process, to construct a critical
history and pluralist theory for understanding the
heteropolar conflicts of world politics today.
December 2011: 246 x 174: 224pp
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Critical Theorists and
International Relations
Edited by Jenny Edkins, University of Aberystwyth,
UK and Nick Vaughan-Williams, University of
Warwick, UK
Series: Interventions
Covering a broad range of
approaches within critical
theory including Marxism and
post-Marxism, the Frankfurt
School, hermeneutics,
phenomenology,
postcolonialism, feminism,
queer theory, poststructuralism,
pragmatism, scientific realism,
deconstruction and
psychoanalysis, this book
provides students with a
comprehensive and accessible
introduction to 32 key critical theorists whose work has
been influential in the field of international relations.
2009: 234 x 156: 424pp
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Critical Theory of
International Politics
Complementarity, Justice, and Governance
Steven C. Roach, University of South Florida, USA
Critical international theory
encompasses several distinct,
radical approaches that focus
on identity, difference,
hegemonic power, and order.
As an applied theory, critical
international theory draws on
critical social theories to shed
light on international processes
and global transformations.
While this approach has led to
increasing interest in
formulating an empirically
relevant critical international theory, it has also revealed
the difficulties of applying critical theory to international
politics. What are these difficulties and problems? And
how can we move beyond them? This book addresses
these questions by investigating the intellectual currents
and key debates of critical theory, from Kant and Hegel
to Habermas and Derrida, and the recent work of critical
international theory, including Robert Cox and Andrew
Linklater. By drawing on these debates, the book
formulates an original theory of complementarity that
brings together critical theory and critical international
theory. It argues that complementarity — a governing
principle in international law and politics — offers a
conceptual framework for working toward two goals:
engaging the changing contexts and forms of resistance
and redressing some of the difficulties of applying critical
theory to international relations.
Selected Contents: 1. Critical Theory, Immanent Critique,
and the Problem of the International Part 1: Critical Theory
Past and Present: Four Currents of Immanent Critique
2. Dialectics, Historical Materialism, and Repression 3. The
Frankfurt School: The Rise of Radical Immanence and
Communicative Action Theory Part 2: Critical
International Theory: Perspectives on Complementarity
4. Communicative Rationality, Recognition, and the Dual
Complementarity of the International Criminal Court
5. Social Ontology: From Critical Realism to the Quantum
Challenge 6. Justice, Negative Dialectics and Immanent
Complementarity 7. Complementarity Envisaged:
Self-Legitimization and the Global Social Imaginary
January 2010: 234 x 156: 184pp
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iNterNAtioNAl relAtioNs theory
ForthcomiNg
Critical Theory in
International Relations and
Security Studies
Interviews and Reflections
Edited by Shannon Brincat, University of
Queensland, Australia, and Laura Lima and
Joao Nunes, both at Aberystwyth University, UK
Critical Theory in International Relations and Security
Studies is the first book to present first hand interviews
with some of the pioneering scholars of the disciplines.
Through dialogical and reflective essays, it assesses the
state of critical thinking in IR and security studies, and
looks to the future of the discipline and theoretical
developments.
Selected Contents: Introduction Shannon Brincat, Laura
Limes and Joao Nunes Part 1: Interviews Robert Cox,
Andrew Linklater, Ken Booth, Richard Wyn Jones Part 2:
Commentaries Brooke Ackerly, Richard Ashley, Pinar Bilgin,
James Der Derian, Richard Devetak, John M. Hobson, Mark
Neufeld, Mustapha K. Pasha, Martin Weber, Michael C.
Williams, Marysia Zalewski. Conclusion Mark Hoffman
October 2011: 234 x 156: 256pp
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International Relations
and States of Exception
Margins, Peripheries, and Excluded Bodies
Edited by Shampa Biswas, Whitman College, USA
and Sheila Nair, Northern Arizona University, USA
’By focusing on how
contemporary political
communities and discourses
of security are constituted by
the movements of some of
the world’s most vulnerable
people, this collection of
essays not only adds
significantly to theoretical
and empirical debates about
our post-9/11 world. It
serves as a critical
supplement to state-centric,
territorial understandings of international politics,
one that demands that we re-imagine what IR
theory tells us about the relationships between
sovereignty, subjectivity, and ethics.’ - Cynthia
Weber, Lancaster University, UK
2009: 234 x 156: 272pp
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