Time of Global Politics - International Relations As Study of the Present

"Argues that, despite past events being a valid means of predicting and preparing for the future, the present remains vitally important. This book will engage academics, graduates and undergraduates of international relations and global politics. It will also appeal to historians, sociologists and anthropologists interested in global politics"--

Sommario

1. Theorizing with the present: past, present, and future in international politics; 2. The temporal imaginary of international relations; 3. A presentist approach to international relations: a toolkit for political analysis; 4. The temporality of IR theories: global politics from the present; 5. The time of war; 6. Making America great again, again, and again; 7. Beyond disciplinary prediction: alternative futures; 8. Theorizing responsibly: temporality, positionality, and difference; Conclusion: toward an intellectual ethos for time scholarship in global politics.

Info autore

Christopher McIntosh is Assistant Professor of Politics at Bard College. His research focuses on developing a concept of time, war, and social theory in international politics, and he is one of the first IR scholars to establish time and temporality as a separate area of research inquiry and theory.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Christopher Mcintosh, Christopher (Bard College Mcintosh
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 07.12.2023
• EAN: 9781009386814
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0938681-4
• Pagine: 280
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Geopolitics, International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory