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 ofIPT, IR and political theory.

Approaches International Political Theory as a key dimension of theorising international relations Identifies IPT as a theoretical tradition that emphasises and interrogates the philosophical, historical, ethical, normative, institutional, and aesthetic dimensions of international relations Explores the way IPT enriches and is informed by a variety of theoretical traditions to increase the visibility of its origins and interdisciplinary orientation as a scholarly area of inquiry

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.