{"product_id":"logic-of-the-powers-9780367207724","title":"Logic of the Powers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat global future would ensure hope, justice and peace to the human mankind? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn view of a fast evolving post-Covid world order, this volume explores a novel Christian post-colonial approach to global affairs. It examines the existing sociology of the powers' theoretical scheme, the debate between Christian realism and Christian pacifism, the method and practice of prophetic witnessing, to elaborate a new Christian approach to statecraft and futurology in terms of theory, methodology and ontology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Uses the COVID-19 pandemic as the background to examine why and how the pandemic has accelerated the US's decline, and to identify the tacit game rules that contributed to the UK government's mishandling of the pandemic;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Compares the political systems between China and the West, and engages with selected theoretical narratives from the Global South to envision an alternative shared globalisation' project;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Argues why it is important for post-colo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Introduction: The West’s Decline and Future of Christian Statecraft \u003cstrong\u003ePart I Theory and Method\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Outline of a Novel Christian Post-Colonial Approach to Global Affairs 3. Discerning the Realist Spirit: Rules of Christian Post-Colonial Method 4. Being in But not of the Powers: Contours of Prophetic Witnessing Practice \u003cstrong\u003ePart II Practice and Intervention\u003c\/strong\u003e 5. Risky Great Power Politics: Emerging U.S.-China Nuclear Strategic Instability and Interstellar Prospect 6. Hopeful Small Power Politics: Nuclearisation and Peace-building in the Korean Peninsula 7. Defending Papuan Religious Security under Indonesian National Security: Critique of Two Christian Interventions in Multi-polar Indo-Pacific 8. Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49371685093719,"sku":"9780367207724","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367207724.jpg?v=1730154188","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/logic-of-the-powers-9780367207724","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}