Traveling Back - Toward a Global Political Theory

What does it mean to think globally? Susan McWilliams argues that to understand politics in our "new world," we should revisit one of the oldest themes in political theory: travel. Traveling Back uncovers the rich travel-story tradition of political theorizing and shows how it helps to answer today's toughest political questions.

About the author

Susan McWilliams is Associate Professor of Politics at Pomona College.

Summary

What does it mean to think globally? Susan McWilliams argues that to understand politics in our "new world," we should revisit one of the oldest themes in political theory: travel. Traveling Back uncovers the rich travel-story tradition of political theorizing and shows how it helps to answer today's toughest political questions.

Additional text

In this rich, elegant, and fascinating book, Susan McWilliams asks us to recall the Greek theoros?

Product details

• Authors: Susan McWilliams, Susan (Associate Professor of Politics McWilliams
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.03.2014
• EAN: 9780199329687
• ISBN: 978-0-19-932968-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas