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1. Introduction -- Pt. 1. Theory. 2. Metaphysics. 3. Biology and Ecologism: The Case of Sociobiology -- Pt. 2. Morality. 4. The Moral Theory of Ecologism. 5. Moral Considerability and Moral Trade-offs -- Pt. 3. Politics. 6. Ecologism's Political Philosophy: Human Nature, the Human Predicament and Political Morality. 7. Ecologism's Political Philosophy: Political Morality and Meta-issues. 8. Ecologism and Contemporary Political Philosophy: Utilitarianism, Rawlsian Liberalism and Libertarianism. 9. Ecologism and Contemporary Political Philosophy: Marxism, Communitarianism and Feminism -- Pt. 4. Political Economy. 10. Can Ecologism Transform Capitalism?: Sustainable Development, Ecological Modernisation and Economic Democracy. 11. Alternatives to 'Greened' Capitalism: Market Socialism and Global Ecology. 12. Conclusion

AbstractTheorisations of the political in general, and international politics in particular, have been little concerned with the vast variety of other, non-human populations of species and 'things'. This anthropocentrism limits the possibilities for the discipline to contribute on core issues and prescribes a very limited scope for study. As a response to this narrow focus, this article calls for the development of a posthuman approach to the study of international politics. By posthuman, we mean an analysis that is based on complexity theory, rejects Newtonian social sciences, and decentres the human as the object of study. We argue for a decentring of 'the human' in our scholarship as imperative to understanding the complexity of the world. However, this approach also has a political incentive, which we describe as 'complex ecologism'.

Theorisations of the political in general, and international politics in particular, have been little concerned with the vast variety of other, non-human populations of species and 'things'. This anthropocentrism limits the possibilities for the discipline to contribute on core issues and prescribes a very limited scope for study. As a response to this narrow focus, this article calls for the development of a posthuman approach to the study of international politics. By posthuman, we mean an analysis that is based on complexity theory, rejects Newtonian social sciences, and decentres the human as the object of study. We argue for a decentring of 'the human' in our scholarship as imperative to understanding the complexity of the world. However, this approach also has a political incentive, which we describe as 'complex ecologism'. Adapted from the source document.

Chapter 1. Introducing complexity and posthumanism to international politics -- Chapter 2. Complexity theory in the study of the social world -- Chapter 3. Complex international systems -- Chapter 4. Emergent features in international systems -- Chapter 5. Complex ecologism -- Chapter 6. The politics of posthumanism -- Chapter 7. For a posthuman international relations -- Bibliography.