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Book SynopsisComprising a plurality of perspectives, this timely Handbook is an essential resource for understanding past and current challenges to democracy, justice, social and gender equality, identity and freedom. It shows how critical international relations (IR) theory functions as a broad-based and diverse critique of society. The chapters explore key new areas of research, including critical emotion and critical animal studies and draws on Marxist, poststructuralist, feminist, realist and post-colonial backgrounds to frame this research.
Structured in four thematic parts, the Handbook of Critical International Relations moves from discussing approaches and emancipation, concepts and configuration, and political economy and domination, to global trajectories and challenges. Its emphasis on non-Western IR viewpoints, offers cutting-edge insights into the notion of otherness, the dialectics of authoritarian neoliberalism, and agonistic recognition.
Graduate and undergraduate IR scholars will benefit from the solid, working understanding of critical IR offered in the detailed chapters on the varied approaches, concepts and new areas of research in the field. Critical IR research institutions and policy-makers will also appreciate the discussion of, and advice offered on, key issues and challenges facing democracy and justice.
Contributors include: A.D. Barder, P. Bilgin, S. Brincat, S. Chakrabarti, P. Cunliffe, R. Dayerizadeh, S. de Groot Heupner, M. Delori, M. Fluck, S. Gill, S. Koschut, B. Luongo, J. Nunes, C. Peoples, S.C. Roach, R. Roccu, K. Schick, S.C. Tauber, B. Thirkell-White
Trade Review'As a broad disciplinary descriptor, critical international relations says both too much and too little. That said, Roach and his collaborators have performed a great service. This is a strong collection of synoptic chapters, treating key developments in the field with seriousness and erudition. Readers seeking entry into a complex, contested literature, or seeking to broaden or update their intellectual horizons, will find it invaluable.' --Daniel J. Levine, The University of Alabama, US
'Critical theory is under siege from challenges to its alleged Eurocentrism and from national-populist movements to any notion of global emancipation. How should critical theory deal with those assaults and what form should future versions take? This volume reconsiders critical, emancipatory thought in the context of radical political change and concerns about the future of international cooperation. All students of critical theory will profit from engaging with its wide-ranging and scholarly reflections on a leading perspective in international relations over the last four decades.'
--Andrew Linklater, Aberystwyth University, UK
'This important volume provides an array of theoretical interventions, critical perspectives, thought-provoking analyses, and innovative assessments on contemporary aspects of international relations. Showcasing the work of cutting-edge and diverse scholars in international relations, the Handbook of Critical International Relations brings the reader in contact with key theoretical arguments, necessary methodological debates, and everyday practices in international politics. For scholars and students eager to understand what critical international relations is and does, this Handbook is a must read.'
--François Debrix, Virginia Tech, US
Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Critical International Relations 1 Steven C. Roach PART I APPROACHES AND EMANCIPATION 2 Opening up international relations, or: how I learned to stop worrying and love ‘non-Western IR’ 12 Pinar Bilgin 3 Habermas and international relations: testing the critical limits of modernity 29 Ben Thirkell-White 4 Emancipation, power, insecurity: Critical Theory and immanent critique of human security 55 Columba Peoples 5 A critical perspective on emotions in international relations 72 Simon Koschut 6 Critical realism in international relations 90 Ben Luongo PART II CONCEPTS AND CONFIGURATION 7 Dialectics in critical international relations theory 122 Shannon Brincat and Susan de Groot Heupner 8 Recognition reframed: reconfiguring recognition in global politics 144 Kate Schick 9 Empires at home: critical international relations theory and our postcolonial moments 162 Alexander D. Barder 10 Instrumental reason 179 Matthew Fluck PART III POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DOMINATION 11 Critical international relations and the global organic crisis 202 Stephen Gill 12 Neoliberal authoritarianism in Egypt before and after the uprisings: a critical international political economy perspective 221 Roberto Roccu 13 Emancipation in critical security studies: political economy, domination and the everyday 242 João Nunes 14 Slow violence, precarity and the overheating of neoliberal consensus 259 Shomik Chakrabarti PART IV GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND CHALLENGES 15 Critical animal studies, critical international relations theory, and anthropocentrism 277 Steven C. Tauber 16 The politics of emotions in contemporary wars 305 Mathias Delori 17 Critical international relations feminism: the case of American Shia women 324 Raheleh Dayerizadeh 18 The responsibility to protect: the rise of liberal authoritarianism 337 Philip Cunliffe 19 Afterword 348 Steven C. Roach Index 354
