The Zen of international relations : IR theory from East to West /

The Zen of international relations : IR theory from East to West / edited by Stephen Chan, Peter Mandaville, and Roland Bleiker. - x, 254 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Within international relations itself, a new culture rises up / Stephen Chan and Peter Mandaville -- Western stories of war origins / Hidemi Suganami -- Forget IR theory / Roland Bleiker -- Seven types of ambiguity in western international relations theory and painful steps towards right ethics / Stephen Chan -- A story beyond telos : redeeming the shield of Achilles for a realism of rights in IR / Stephen Chan -- Stories of Priam and Job, the slaughter of their families, and twenty theses on the suggestiveness of good for the person of IR / Stephen Chan -- Can a declined civilisation be reconstructed? Islamic'civilisation' or'civilized' Islam? / Mehdi Mozaffari -- An Islamic perspective on non-alignment : Iranian foreign policy in theory and practice / Houman A. Sadri -- East-West stories of war and peace : neorealist claims in the light of ancient Chinese philosophy / Roland Bleiker -- Selling culture : ancient Chinese conceptions of'the other' in legends / Qing Cao -- The Zen master's story and an anatomy of international relations theory / Xiaoming Huang.

0333688228 9780333688229 RM607.50


International relations--Philosophy.


China--Foreign relations--1976-

Contact Us

Perpustakaan Tun Seri Lanang, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan,Malaysia
+603-89213446 – Consultation Services
019-2045652 – Telegram/Whatsapp
Email: helpdeskptsl@ukm.edu.my

Copyright ©The National University of Malaysia Library