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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBreaking new ground boldly, this book aims at creating a human science of IR by looking to quantum physics for inspiration and insight. The two undisputed leaders in this burgeoning IR field, James Der Derian and Alexander Wendt, have assembled uniformly outstanding chapters. If you worry that IR has too little to say about the spreading virus within us and the warming planet around us, and a host of other pressing issues, you can learn enormously from this collection-and then you should teach it to your undergraduate and graduate students! * Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, Cornell University and editor of Uncertainty and its Discontents: Worldviews in World Politics *
While world politics is increasingly characterized by networked simultaneity, AI-generated synthetic media, and endlessly multiplying meta-verses, the formal study of the field is still flash frozen in a classical Newtonian worldview. This carefully curated edited collection provides an extremely thorough and highly provocative introduction to the many ways in which quantum theory can better inform our understanding of international relations. There is currently no other source that covers so well the history, scientific principles, and the promises and perils of quantum physics as they relate to the study of world politics. * Ron Deibert, Director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto and author of Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society *
This provocative and ground-breaking collection will make you question the classical understandings of international relations and discover new entanglements. It's a thrilling glimpse into how the quantum paradigm might transform the foundations of the social sciences as much as it has for physics, chemistry, and computer science. * Kate Crawford, Research Professor at USC Annenberg, and author of Atlas of AI *
There has come a need for a newly engaged examination of what the whole realm of quantum thought means, and how new developments in quantum technology might change us in profound ways. The new explorations collected here perform that function admirably; as far as I know, there is no other collection like it, and it is sorely needed. * Kim Stanley Robinson, author of The Ministry for the Future *
Rich edited volume...improving our understanding of how individual actions transform the social phenomena is a worthy and timely academic pursuit. As such, the book offers unique insights that will inspire critically oriented scholars. * Jakub Tesa%r, International Affairs *
Table of ContentsPreface 'Setting the Stage' Stephen Del Rosso (Carnegie Corporation of New York) Introduction 1. 'Quantum Theory: The Case for a New Human Science of International Relations' James Der Derian (University of Sydney, Australia) and Alexander Wendt (Ohio State University, USA) Part 1. History and Theory 2. 'First Encounters: Quantum Mechanics and the Human Sciences' Nicholas T. Harrington (University of Sydney, Australia) 3. 'Mind, Matter, and Motion: A Genealogy of Quantum Entanglement and Estrangement' Jayson C. Waters (University of Sydney, Australia) 4. 'A Quantum Temperament For Life: A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Physics' Jairus Victor Grove (University of Hawaii, USA) 5. 'A Conceptual Introduction to Quantum Theory' Michael Schnabel (University of Chicago, USA) Part 2. Science and Technology 6. 'The Quantum Moonshot' Shohini Ghose (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada) 7. 'Climate Politics and Social Change: What can cognitive and quantum approaches offer?' Manjana Milkoreit and Karen O'Brien (University of Oslo, Norway) 8. 'These are not the droids you're looking for: Offense, Defense, and the Social Context of Quantum Cryptology' Jon R. Lindsay (University of Toronto, Canada) 9. 'Quantum Technology Hype and National Security' Frank L. Smith III (Naval War College, USA) Part 3. Quantizing IR 10. 'Quantum Pedagogy: Teaching Copenhagen and Discovering Affinities with Dialectical Thinking in IR' Thomas Biersteker (Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland) 11. 'The Problématique of Quantization in Social Theory: A Category-Theoretic Way Forward' Badredine Arfi (University of Florida, USA) 12. 'On Quantum Social Theory and Critical International Relations' Michael P.A. Murphy (University of Ottawa, Canada) 13. 'Quantum Sovereignty + Entanglement' Mark Salter (University of Ottawa, Canada) 14. 'Quantum and systems theory in world society: Not brothers and sisters but relatives still?' Mathias Albert and Felix M. Bathon (Universität Bielefeld, Germany) 15. 'The Value of Value: A Quantum Approach to Economics, Security and International Relations' David Orrell (Systems Forecasting, Canada) Part 4. Bringing the Human Back into Science 16. 'Introspection Redux: Incorporating Consciousness into Social Research' Leonardo Orlando (SciencesPo, France) 17. 'To "See" is to Break an Entanglement: Quantum Measurement, Trauma and Security' K.M. Fierke and Nicola Mackay 18. 'The Moral Failure of the Quest for Certainty' Laura Zanotti (Virginia Tech University, USA)
