TY - BOOK
T1 - The vulnerable subject
T2 - beyond rationalism in international relations
A2 - Beattie, Amanda Russell
A2 - Schick, Kate
PY - 2012/11/27
Y1 - 2012/11/27
N2 - International Relations remains faithful to its rationalist roots focusing on instrumental forms of power and authority to address global problems and, in the process, fail to acknowledge a sense of vulnerability permeating the global community. This book challenges such assumptions establishing an account of international politics that draws on the ethical assumptions of agonism. it highlights the inherent struggle associated with individual and community based engagement to address this struggle. While it does not offer one single mode of engagement to overcome vulnerability per se, it hopes to elicit a series of reactions, on the part of the reader, provoking grater reflection on the nature of such shared vulnerabilities thereby challenging the dominance of rationalist assumptions.
AB - International Relations remains faithful to its rationalist roots focusing on instrumental forms of power and authority to address global problems and, in the process, fail to acknowledge a sense of vulnerability permeating the global community. This book challenges such assumptions establishing an account of international politics that draws on the ethical assumptions of agonism. it highlights the inherent struggle associated with individual and community based engagement to address this struggle. While it does not offer one single mode of engagement to overcome vulnerability per se, it hopes to elicit a series of reactions, on the part of the reader, provoking grater reflection on the nature of such shared vulnerabilities thereby challenging the dominance of rationalist assumptions.
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U2 - 10.1057/9781137292148
DO - 10.1057/9781137292148
M3 - Edited Book
AN - SCOPUS:85015925507
SN - 978-0-230-29346-5
BT - The vulnerable subject
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - Basingstoke (UK)
ER -