ISBN:
9781009372169
,
9781009372190
,
9781009372183
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 491 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in international relations [164]
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in international relations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Buzan, Barry, 1946 - Making global society
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Social institutions
;
Social structure
;
Civilization
;
World history
;
Historical sociology
;
International relations Philosophy
;
Internationale Politik
;
Globalisierung
;
Internationale Gesellschaft
;
Moderne
;
Theorie
;
Politische Soziologie
;
Geschichte
;
English School (Internationale Beziehungen)
;
Erde
Abstract:
Barry Buzan proposes a new approach to making International Relations a truly global discipline that transcends both Eurocentrism and comparative civilisations. He narrates the story of humankind as a whole across three eras, using its material conditions and social structures to show how global society has evolved. Deploying the English School's idea of primary institutions and setting their story across three domains - interpolity, transnational and interhuman - this book conveys a living historical sense of the human story whilst avoiding the overabstraction of many social science grand theories. Buzan sharpens the familiar story of three main eras in human history with the novel idea that these eras are separated by turbulent periods of transition. This device enables a radical retelling of how modernity emerged from the late 18th century. He shows how the concept of 'global society' can build bridges connecting International Relations, Global Historical Sociology and Global/World History.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jul 2023)
DOI:
10.1017/9781009372169
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