{"product_id":"international-orders-in-the-early-modern-world-9780415626286","title":"International Orders in the Early Modern World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the historical interactions of the West and non-Western world, and investigates whether or not the exclusive adoption of Western-oriented âinternational normsâ is the prerequisite for the construction of international order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book sets out to challenge the Eurocentric foundations of modern International Relations scholarship by examining international relations in the early modern era, when European primacy had yet to develop in many parts of the globe. Through a series of regional case studies on East Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, and Russia written by leading specialists of their field, this book explores patterns of cross-cultural exchange and civilizational encounters, placing particular emphasis upon historical contexts. The chapters of this book document and analyse a series of regional international orders that were primarily defined by local interests, agendas and institutions, with European interlopers often playing a secondar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Perhaps ‘1648 and all that’ fundamentally distorts our understanding of the history of international relations. By rediscovering early modern and non-western international orders, this expert team sets out a challenge to IR scholarship. It is especially welcome and important in making sense of the profound changes currently underway.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eIan Clark, E. H. Carr Professor of International Politics, Aberystwyth University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Maps centered on the South Pole are amusing, but international relations books centered on the non-Western world are essential. From its origins, international relations theory has been a Western enterprise with other parts of the world largely ignored or analyzed through parochial and often inappropriate conceptions. Suzuki, Zhang, Quirk and their collaborators turn the tables and offer perspectives on Europe from \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEast Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, and generally\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e at a time when European interlopers were unable to impose their preferences on these cultures. They effectively demonstrate the importance of non-Western cultures and their ideas in shaping global history.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eRichard Ned Lebow, Professor of International Political Theory, King's College London, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An outstanding volume of non-Eurocentric historical-sociological essays that advances an extremely powerful critique of the English School’s commitment to what I call the ‘Eurocentric big bang theory of world politics’ – that the big bang of modernity exploded autonomously within Europe and that thereafter European ‘civilization’ expanded outwards in a non-problematic way to remake the world in its own image – by deploying the antidote of bringing Eastern agency back into the story of the long-term development of world politics.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - John M. Hobson, Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield, UK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Perhaps ‘1648 and all that’ fundamentally distorts our understanding of the history of international relations. By rediscovering early modern and non-western international orders, this expert team sets out a challenge to IR scholarship. It is especially welcome and important in making sense of the profound changes currently underway.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eIan Clark, E. H. Carr Professor of International Politics, Aberystwyth University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Maps centered on the South Pole are amusing, but international relations books centered on the non-Western world are essential. From its origins, international relations theory has been a Western enterprise with other parts of the world largely ignored or analyzed through parochial and often inappropriate conceptions. Suzuki, Zhang, Quirk and their collaborators turn the tables and offer perspectives on Europe from \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEast Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, and generally\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e at a time when European interlopers were unable to impose their preferences on these cultures. They effectively demonstrate the importance of non-Western cultures and their ideas in shaping global history.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eRichard Ned Lebow, Professor of International Political Theory, King's College London, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003ci\u003eShogo Suzuki, Yongjin Zhang and Joel Quirk \u003c\/i\u003e1. Europeans and the Steppe: Russian lands under the Mongol Rule \u003ci\u003eIver B. Neumann \u003c\/i\u003e2. Europe, Islam and \u003ci\u003ePax Ottomana\u003c\/i\u003e, 1453-1774 \u003ci\u003eAyla Göl \u003c\/i\u003e3. Curious and Exotic Encounters: Europeans as Supplicants in the Chinese Imperium, 1513-1793 \u003ci\u003eYongjin Zhang \u003c\/i\u003e4. Europe at the Periphery of the Japanese World Order \u003ci\u003eShogo Suzuki \u003c\/i\u003e5. A Corrupt International Society: How Britain Was Duped into its First Indian Conquest \u003ci\u003eDarshan Vigneswaran \u003c\/i\u003e6. International Relations in the Americas during the Long Eighteenth Century, 1663-1820 \u003ci\u003eCharles Jones \u003c\/i\u003e7. Europeans, Africans and the Atlantic World, c1450-1850 \u003ci\u003eJoel Quirk and David Richardson \u003c\/i\u003eConclusion: Eurocentrism, World History, Meta-narratives and the meeting of international societies \u003ci\u003eRichard Little\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018174562647,"sku":"9780415626286","price":137.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415626286.jpg?v=1750775896","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/international-orders-in-the-early-modern-world-9780415626286","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}