International Relations and the Problem of Time

Explores the relationship between international relations (IR) and time, proposing that time is fundamental to international politics and IR because both practical and theoretical domains are constituted by timing activities and temporal frames of reference.

Auteur
Andrew Hom is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Edinburgh and an Associate Editor of the journal, International Relations. He is the co-editor of Moral Victories: The Ethics of Winning Wars (OUP, 2017) and Time, Temporality, and Global Politics (e-IR, 2016). His work can also be found in the Australian Journal of Politics and History, International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, Military Review, Millennium, Review of International Studies, Security Dialogue, the Oxford Handbook of Time and Politics, and the Routledge Handbook of Ethics and International Relations.

Texte du rabat

This book develops a novel approach to the issue of time's widespread but poorly understood influence on the study of international politics.

Contenu

• Introduction: Two Minutes to Midnight

• Part One: Timing Theory and International Relations

• 1: Timing: The Basic Framework

• 2: Why Timing Matters

• 3: Telling Time: A Theory of Narrative Timing

• Part Two: Varieties of Timing in International Relations

• 4: Disciplinary History: Timing Crises in International Relations

• 5: Methodologies: Narrative Reasoning about a Time-bound World

• 6: Quantitative Approaches: Mathematical Metaphors for Eternity

• 7: Historical Institutionalism: From Pathological to Temporal Institutions

• 8: Critical Approaches: Past Times, Fast Times, and the Rapture of Rupture

• Conclusion: Retiming and Reclaiming International Relations