Showing papers in "Journal of International Political Theory in 2021"
TL;DR: A growing body of research provides evidence that human rights are no universal, as they claim to be, but are instead Western oriented as discussed by the authors, which is contrary to a widespread assumption.
Abstract: A widespread assumption alleges that human rights are not universal, as they claim to be, but are instead Western oriented. Yet a growing body of research provides evidence that human rights are no...
27 citations
TL;DR: This article argued that a liberal cosmopolitan approach to feminist foreign policy reproduces existing relations of power, including gender power relations and Western liberal modes of domination, and argued that such a cosmo-modal approach reproduces the existing relation of power between women and men.
Abstract: This article argues that a liberal cosmopolitan approach to feminist foreign policy reproduces existing relations of power, including gender power relations and Western liberal modes of domination....
21 citations
TL;DR: After the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in 1945, both nations experienced a profound need for a new and encompassing story of what it meant to be Japanese, and to be...
Abstract: After the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in 1945, both nations experienced a profound need for a new and encompassing story of what it meant to be Japanese, and to be ...
17 citations
TL;DR: For instance, the authors argues that IR is remarkably ill-equipped to understand and understand radical conservative political forces and ideas across the globe, which are influencing and even transforming the landscape of international politics.
Abstract: Across the globe, radical conservative political forces and ideas are influencing and even transforming the landscape of international politics. Yet IR is remarkably ill-equipped to understand and ...
16 citations
TL;DR: Harmony is a generally agreed-upon idea in international and diplomatic discourse as discussed by the authors, a common theme in multiple traditions of thought, Platonist and Confucian among others, it underlies today's signi...
Abstract: Harmony is a generally agreed-upon idea in international and diplomatic discourse. A common theme in multiple traditions of thought, Platonist and Confucian among others, it underlies today’s signi...
16 citations
TL;DR: In Carr's ethics, there is a link between the rise of the socialised nation and the crisis of laissez faire due to its loss of legitimacy among the lesser privileged.
Abstract: In Carr’s ethics, there is a link between the rise of the socialised nation and the crisis of laissez faire due to its loss of legitimacy among the lesser privileged. How far is this link in Carr’s...
14 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors respond to critics of Reinhold Niebuhr by exploring two themes important for locating his views on cruelty's emergence in modern society: the first relates to his basic insight into the...
Abstract: This paper responds to critics of Reinhold Niebuhr by exploring two themes important for locating his views on cruelty’s emergence in modern society. The first relates to his basic insight into the...
12 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the political communities should be constituted is at the center of Hannah Arendt's engagement with two ancient sources of law: the Greek nomos and the Roman lex.
Abstract: How political communities should be constituted is at the center of Hannah Arendt’s engagement with two ancient sources of law: the Greek nomos and the Roman lex. Recent scholarship suggests that A...
12 citations
TL;DR: The authors argue that critical international relations, often counterpoised to mainstream IR, has come to function as a major theoretical category in its own right, and argue that critique can be used as a form of critical analysis.
Abstract: This article argues that ‘Critical International Relations’, often counterpoised to ‘mainstream IR’, has come to function as a major theoretical category in its own right. It argues that critique i...
12 citations
TL;DR: In this article, what does it mean to speak or act in love's name to redress racism? They turn to the work of the North American anti-racism movement and find that love has been long lauded for its salvific potential in U.S. anti-racist rhetoric.
Abstract: Love has been long lauded for its salvific potential in U.S. anti-racist rhetoric. Yet, what does it mean to speak or act in love’s name to redress racism? Turning to the work of the North American...
11 citations
TL;DR: The authors examines the intersection of biopolitics with diplomacy and engages its dynamic re-envisioning as biodiplomacy, revisits Michel Foucault's peripheral attention to diplomacy and his...
Abstract: This article examines the intersection of biopolitics with diplomacy and engages its dynamic re-envisioning as biodiplomacy. It revisits Michel Foucault’s peripheral attention to diplomacy and his ...
TL;DR: In this article, the relevance of ontological assumptions for justifications of agency and ethics is explored, and the authors critique Kantian ethics for being based upon an ontological imaginary that starts from a single point of view.
Abstract: This article explores the relevance of ontological assumptions for justifications of agency and ethics. It critiques Kantian ethics for being based upon an ontological imaginary that starts from th...
TL;DR: Forster and Taylor as mentioned in this paper argue that war plays a central role in the ethics of war and peace, but this proves to be an enormous challenge and that it is difficult to solve.
Abstract: Peace plays a central role in the ethics of war and peace, but this proves to be an enormous challenge. In a recent article, Elisabeth Forster and Isaac Taylor grapple with this important topic. Th...
TL;DR: In an era where internationalism is on the retreat in the Western world, a modified version of Rosa Luxemburg's thinking about internationalism can serve as a useful guide for those concerned about...
Abstract: In an era where internationalism is on the retreat in the Western world, a modified version of Rosa Luxemburg’s thinking about internationalism can serve as a useful guide for those concerned about...
TL;DR: In a famous exchange with his brother H. Richard in The Christian Century, Niebuhr defen... as mentioned in this paper, the author is widely acknowledged as the father of Christian realism and a staunch critic of pacifism.
Abstract: Reinhold Niebuhr is widely acknowledged as the father of Christian realism and a staunch critic of pacifism. In a famous exchange with his brother H. Richard in The Christian Century, Niebuhr defen...
TL;DR: The balance of power is fundamental to the discipline of international relations, but its accuracy in explaining the historical record has been disputed as discussed by the authors. But balance-of-power is fundamental for international relations.
Abstract: The balance of power is fundamental to the discipline of international relations, but its accuracy in explaining the historical record has been disputed. For international relations, balance of pow...
TL;DR: The deployment of normative theories of armed conflict in the international sphere appears to have failed in the past several decades as discussed by the authors, and this may be attributed to the fact that these theories orientate themselves around the ultimate goal of peace.
Abstract: Dominant normative theories of armed conflict orientate themselves around the ultimate goal of peace. Yet the deployment of these theories in the international sphere appears to have failed in adva...
TL;DR: The authors reconstructs the political thought of the Scottish legal philosopher, and eventually MEP, Sir Neil MacCormick (1941-2009), the founder of "constitutional pluralism", one of the most important figures in modern political thought.
Abstract: This paper reconstructs the political thought of the Scottish legal philosopher, and eventually MEP, Sir Neil MacCormick (1941–2009), the founder of “constitutional pluralism,” one of the most infl...
TL;DR: The twentieth-century theologian and public intellectual Reinhold Niebuhr frequently employed a formulation confounding to his readers, simultaneously appealing to the loftiest altruism as summed u...
Abstract: The twentieth-century theologian and public intellectual Reinhold Niebuhr frequently employed a formulation confounding to his readers, simultaneously appealing to the loftiest altruism as summed u...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that a distinct pragmatic methodology offers an opportunity to keep with the practice turn and avoid the problematic foundational moves of mainstream practice theorizing, which is predicated on its usefulness to interpret practices through reflective social-science inquiry.
Abstract: Practice turn marks an important advancement in International Relations theorizing. In challenging abstract meta-theoretical debates, practice theorizing in International Relations aims to get close to the lifeworld(s) of the actual practitioners of politics. Scholars from different positions such as constructivism, critical theory, and post-structuralism have critically interrogated the analytical framework of practices in international politics. Building upon these works, we are concerned with a question of how to examine the context of international practices that unfolds in multiple ways in practitioners’ performances. Our central thesis is that a distinct pragmatic methodology offers an opportunity to keep with the practice turn and avoid the problematic foundational moves of mainstream practice theorizing. This involves foregrounding three interrelated processes in examining practices: the role of exceptions in the normal stream of performances, normative uptake of the analysts, and the semantic field that actors navigate in political performances. We argue that this methodology is predicated on its usefulness to interpret practices through reflective social-science inquiry.
TL;DR: In this article, a framework that highlights the relational nature of rivalry emergence and its ongoing manifestations is presented, and the authors illustrate this framework in practice through an analysis of the relationship between two rivalries.
Abstract: In this article, we advance a framework that highlights the relational nature of rivalry emergence and its ongoing manifestations, before illustrating this framework in practice through an analysis...
TL;DR: The contemporary international regime of law and politics regarding human migration largely follows Immanuel Kant's contradictory approach, supporting the cosmopolitical rights of humans to move an... as discussed by the authors, which is contrary to Kant's position.
Abstract: The contemporary international regime of law and politics regarding human migration largely follows Immanuel Kant’s contradictory approach, supporting the cosmopolitical rights of humans to move an...
TL;DR: A close engagement with the practice of British rule in India is discussed in this article, where a close engagement between the author and the authors of the paper is discussed, and the author's justification for British rule is discussed.
Abstract: John Stuart Mill’s justification for British rule in India is well known. Less well known and discussed are Mill’s extensive writings on the practice of British rule in India. A close engagement wi...
TL;DR: The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness this article is one of the key English-language texts in the post-war settlement literature of the early 1940s, and it has been analyzed in this article.
Abstract: Reinhold Niebuhr’s The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness is one of the key English-language texts in the post-war settlement literature of the early 1940s. This article analyses the bo...
TL;DR: Actors in international politics have been driven predominantly by two (maybe three) logics of social interaction: fighting, bargaining, and some arguing as mentioned in this paper. Yet, if international politics is characte...
Abstract: Actors in international politics have been driven predominantly by two (maybe three) logics of social interaction: fighting, bargaining, and some arguing. Yet, if international politics is characte...
TL;DR: In this article, the role that might be played by the political thought of Reinhold Niebuhr in contemporary debates over pacifism is considered, and an overview of the changing position on the issue is given.
Abstract: This article considers the role that might be played by the political thought of Reinhold Niebuhr in contemporary debates over pacifism. It begins with an overview of Niebuhr’s changing position on...
TL;DR: A review of both Roach's Decency and Difference: Humanity and the Global Challenge of Identity Politics and Steele's Restraint in International Politics can be found in this article, where the authors explore the concept-dri...
Abstract: This essay offers a review of both Roach’s Decency and Difference: Humanity and the Global Challenge of Identity Politics and Steele’s Restraint in International Politics. Exploring the concept-dri...
TL;DR: In 1995, the UN Commission on Global Governance published their “Our Global Neighbourhood” report and the academic journal “Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organiza...
Abstract: In 1995, the UN Commission on Global Governance published their “Our Global Neighbourhood” report and the academic journal “Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organiza...
TL;DR: A number of authors have affirmed the relevance of Carl Schmitt's concept of Grosraum for contemporary international politics as mentioned in this paper and reviewed those claims and a review of those claims can be found in this article.
Abstract: Since the end of the Cold War, a number of authors have affirmed the relevance of Carl Schmitt’s concept of Grosraum for contemporary international politics. This article reviews those claims and a...
TL;DR: This article argued that a state-centered theory of global justice exhibits an epistemic problem of perspective, and that this worry exhibits a gendered character within a liberal domestic theory of justice.
Abstract: This article argues that a state-centered theory of global justice exhibits an epistemic problem of perspective, and that this worry exhibits a gendered character. Within a liberal domestic theory ...