Perspectives on International Political Theory in Europe

This book offers a timely exploration of the still burgeoning field of International Political Theory (IPT). IPT is approached in this volume not merely as a subfield at the margins of the discipline of International Relations (IR) but rather as a key dimension of theorising international relations that challenges disciplinary, theoretical, methodological, and geographical boundaries and inseminates other theoretical IR traditions. Chapters in this volume approach IPT as a theoretical tradition that emphasises and interrogates the philosophical, historical, ethical, normative, institutional, and aesthetic dimensions of international relations and world politics. In so doing, they explore IPT as a European theoretical tradition to stress that, paradoxically, it is only by provincializing Europe and its intellectual traditions that one may finally appreciate what is truly universal in them. This is a refreshingly different take on IPT sure to be of interest to students and scholars of IPT, IR and political theory. Vassilios Paipais is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK.

Autorentext

Vassilios Paipais is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in International Relations at the University of St Andrews, UK.

Inhalt
1.Introduction: International Political Theory as a European Theoretical Tradition.- 2.The European Image of the World as a Cosmos: Notes Towards an Archaeology.- 3.Reason of State in European International Thought.- 4.Aesthetic Approaches to International Political Theory.- 5.Democratic Peace as a Horizon of Expectation: Liberalism and Pluralism Revisited.- 6.Practice Approaches in International Political Theory.- 7.Justice and Injustice in International Political Theory.- 8.European International Political Theory as a New Critical Theory of World Politics: The Instructive Case of Jean Baudrillard.