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Book SynopsisTaking a broadly interdisciplinary approach, this book provides a unique angle on the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for global theory and practice. The book bridges two important debates regarding the relevance of quantum theory to the social sciences, and the pressing need for a more global international relations (IR). It brings the parallels between quantum physics and ancient Asian traditions – Daoism, Buddhism and Hinduism – to an investigation of mind, action and strategy in conditions of radical uncertainty. Engaging with both theory and real-world problems, including climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and economic and racial inequality, this book explores what it might mean to successfully navigate the potentials of a post-pandemic world.
Table of ContentsIntroductions: Repositioning the Apparatus Getting to Know the Apparatus SECTION I: Impermanence 1. Self/No-Self 2. Mind/ No-Mind SECTION II: Complementarity and Yinyang 3. Action/No Action 4. War/No War SECTION III: Entanglement and Karma 5. Navigating a Participatory Universe 6. What Goes Around Comes Around Endings/Beginnings: At Home in the Universe
