The Zen of International Relations - by S Chan & Peter G Mandaville (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The new millennium can only be a time of true globalization if different histories and systems of understanding the world are appreciated. The authors unveil significant studies to do with epistemological debates in International Relations, and give detailed middle and far-eastern examples of how different cultures have used story-telling as a means of understanding what is outside and around. Especially provocative is the Chinese idea of the West as an 'Other', as atypical and, indeed, inscrutable, to the extent of not needing scrutiny at all.

About the Author

ROLAND BLEIKER Senior Lecturer and Co-Director, Rotary Centre for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution, University of Queensland QING CAO Doctoral Candidate, Nottingham Trent University XIAOMING HUANG Lecturer in East Asian Politics, School of Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University, Washington, New Zealand MEDHI MOZAFFARI Professor of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark HOUMAN A. SADRI Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Central Florida HIDEMI SUGANAMI Professor, Philosophy of International Relations, School of Politics, Keele University, England WANG YI Current Affairs Producer, BBC World Service, London and Visiting Fellow, Department of International Studies, Nottingham Trent University