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Book Summary
In this bold intervention, Cudworth and Hobden draw on recent advances in
thinking about complexity theory to call for a profound re-envisioning of the
study of international relations. As a discipline, IR is wedded to the
enlightenment project of overcoming the "hazards" of nature, and thus remains
constrained by its blinkered "human-centered" approach. Furthermore, as a means
of predicting major global-political events and trends, it has failed
consistently. Instead, the authors argue, it is essential we develop a much more
nuanced and sophisticated analysis of global political systems, taking into
account broader environmental circumstances, as well as social relations,
economic practices, and formations of political power. Essentially, the
ISBN-13
9781848135154
Language
English
Binding
Paper Back
Publisher
Zed Books
Publishing Date
2011-12-08
Posthuman International Relations: Complexity, Ecologism And Global Politics
In this bold intervention, Cudworth and Hobden draw on recent advances in
thinking about complexity theory to call for a profound re-envisioning of the
study of international relations. As a discipline, IR is wedded to the
enlightenment project of overcoming the "hazards" of nature, and thus remains
constrained by its blinkered "human-centered" approach. Furthermore, as a means
of predicting major global-political events and trends, it has failed
consistently. Instead, the authors argue, it is essential we develop a much more
nuanced and sophisticated analysis of global political systems, taking into
account broader environmental circumstances, as well as social relations,
economic practices, and formations of political power. Essentially, the