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The Zen of International Relations : IR Theory from East to West / edited by Stephen Chan, Peter Mandaville, Roland Bleiker

Chan, Steve, 1949- ; Mandaville, Peter G., 1971- ; Bleiker, Roland [editor.]

ebrary, Inc

Basingstoke [u.a.] : Palgrave, 2001

Online-Ressource (x, 254 p)

Englisch

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978-0-230-28642-9

978-1-349-40097-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

Springer eBook Collection

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1057/9780230286429

JA1-92

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LOC-SH: Political science ; Asia -- Politics and government ; International relations

The new millennium can only be a time of true globalization if different histories and systems of understanding the world are appreciated. The authors unveil significant studies to do with epistemological debates in International Relations, and give detailed middle and far-eastern examples of how different cultures have used story-telling as a means of understanding what is outside and around. Especially provocative is the Chinese idea of the West as an 'Other', as atypical and, indeed, inscrutable, to the extent of not needing scrutiny at all