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This book discusses the contribution of philosophers and thinkers whose ideas have recently begun to permeate international relations theory. It provides an introduction to the contemporary debates regarding theories and methodologies used to study international relations, particularly the relationships between interpretive accounts of social action, European philosophical traditions, hermeneutics and the discipline of international relations. The authors provides a platform for dialog between theorists and researchers engaged in a more specific area studies, geo-political studies, political theory and historical accounts of international politics. The volume analyzes a variety of theoretical and explores the work of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Gramsci, Wittgenstein, Gadamer, Levinas, Bakhtin, Patocka, Derridean, Deleuze and Susan Sontag. Making an important contribution to discussions about how to study the complexities of world politics, this book will be of interest to students and researchers of international relations, politics, sociology, philosophy and political theory.

This innovative assessment of the current state of International Relations theory diagnoses a deep malaise in the field and proposes a reorientation from metatheoretical concerns to the theoretical exploration of central policy issues and dilemmas confronting the 21st century world.

chapter 1 Introduction: On philosophical traditions and hermeneutic global politics -- chapter 2 Nietzsche's style: On language, knowledge and power in international relations -- chapter 3 Deconstructing the modern subject: Method and possibility in Martin Heidegger's hermeneutics of facticity -- chapter 4 Gadamer's enduring influence in international relations: Interpretation in Gadamer, Ricoeur and beyond -- chapter 5 Jan Patočka and global politics -- chapter 6 Emmanuel Levinas, ethics and rupturing the political -- chapter 7 Walking corpses: Arendt on the limits and possibilities of cosmopolitan politics -- chapter 8 Wittgenstein and international relations theory -- chapter 9 Bakhtin: From substance to process -- chapter 10 Derrida: Aporias of otherness -- chapter 11 On the nature of sovereignty: Gilles Deleuze and the theory of world politics -- chapter 12 Edward Said and post-colonial international relations -- chapter 13 On Habermas, Marx and the critical theory tradition: Theoretical mastery or drift? -- chapter 14 Post-structuralism and the randomisation of history: The 'taboo' of historical materialism -- chapter 15 Regarding the pain of Susan Sontag.

1. Introduction : being critical and imaginative in International Relations / Aoileann Ni Mhurchu and Reiko Shindo -- 2. Borders / Nick Vaughan-Williams -- 3. Citizenship / Peter Nyers and Zeina Sleiman -- 4. Community / Laura Brace -- 5. Creativity / Christine Sylvester -- 6. Difference / David L. Blaney and Naeem Inayatullah -- 7. Globalisation / V. Spike Peterson -- 8. Knowledge Practice / Aoileann Ni Mhurchu -- 9. Law / Andreja Zevnik -- 10. Narrative / Carolina Moulin -- 11. Power / Rita Abrahamsen -- 12. Resistance / Reiko Shindo -- 13. Sovereignty / Jens Bartelson -- 14. Space / John Agnew -- 15. Subjectivity / Shiera S. el-Malik -- 16. Technology / Benjamin J. Muller -- 17. Theory / Ching-Chang Chen and Young Chul Cho -- 18. Time / Tom Lundborg.