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This book contextually re-examines the history of international relations in order to explore how the discipline has imported and employed the concept of culture.

In a response to my critics I further elaborate some of the concepts central to A Cultural Theory of International Relations. I explain why it is a cultural theory, as distinct from a theory of culture; the different levels of reason conceptualised by the Greeks and their utility in moving our thinking beyond the exclusive focus on instrumental rationality of modern social science; and Aristotle's concept of anger and its implications for the behaviour of the weak and the powerful. I justify my case selection and its Western bias, but defend the universality of my theory and its non-hegemonic application to the study of other cultures.

"Combining the perspectives of 18 international scholars from Europe and the United States with a critical discussion of the role of culture in international relations, this volume introduces recent trends in the study of Culture and International History. It systematically explores the cultural dimension of international history, mapping existing approaches and conceptual lenses for the study of cultural factors and thus hopes to sharpen the awareness for the cultural approach to international history among both American and non-American scholars. The first part provides a methodological introduction, explores the cultural underpinnings of foreign policy, and the role of culture in international affairs by reviewing the historiography and examining the meaning of the word culture in the context of foreign relations. In the second part, contributors analyze culture as a tool of foreign policy. They demonstrate how culture was instrumentalized for diplomatic goals and purposes in different historical periods and world regions. The essays in the third part expand the state-centered view and retrace informal cultural relations among nations and peoples. This exploration of non-state cultural interaction focuses on the role of science, art, religion, and tourism. The fourth part collects the findings and arguments of part one, two, and three to define a roadmap for further scholarly inquiry. A group of "commentators" survey the preceding essays, place them into a larger research context, and address the question "Where do we go from here?" The last and fifth part presents a selection of primary sources along with individual comments highlighting a new genre of resources scholars interested in culture and international relations can consult."--

"This book analyses how global transactions have been progressively conducted and negotiated in the last 25 years. Achieving a new understanding of sustainability transition in the Anthropocene requires a deeper analysis on culture. The development of new positions of international institutions, national governments, scientific organizations, private fora and civil society movements on culture and nature shows how global transactions must take place in a rapidly transforming world. In her book the author provides a multi-situated ethnography of live debates on culture, global environmental change, development and diversity directly recorded by the author as a participating and decision-making anthropologist from 1988 to 2016. She examines the politicization and internationalization of culture by recognizing, negotiating and diversifying views on cultures and re-thinking culture in the Anthropocene. The merging of science and policy in taking up cultural and natural challenges in the Anthropocene is discussed."--

It has become widely accepted that the discipline of International Relations (IR) is ironically not international at all. IR scholars are part of a global discipline with a single, shared object of study - the world, and yet theorizing gravitates around a number of concepts that have been conceived solely in the United States. The purpose of this book is to re-balance this western bias by examining the ways in which IR has evolved and is practiced around the world. The fifteen case studies offer fresh insights into the political and socioeconomic environments that characterize diverse geocultural sites and the ways in which these traits inform and condition scholarly activity in International Relations. By bringing together scholars living and working across the globe Tickner and Wæver provide the most comprehensive analysis of IR ever published. It is essential reading for anyone who is concerned about the history, development and future of international relations.

Pourquoi l'aide au développement, réseau d'activités et de relations qui a croisé les grandes dynamiques de la deuxième moitié du xx e siècle, peine-t-elle à trouver sa place dans les grands tableaux économiques et politiques de l'histoire internationale ? L'article identifie les axes qui animent un champ de recherche encore fragmentaire, mais en plein essor : de l'analyse du discours public et de l'action des organisations internationales à l'étude comparée des politiques des donateurs de l'Europe du Nord, à l'approche de la « modernisation » et au rôle de la coopération dans les stratégies économiques des donateurs. Il identifie un défi commun dans l'intégration des points de vue des États du Sud, qu'ils soient donateurs ou récepteurs d'aide. Il présente ensuite le cas de l'Italie, donateur inquiet, qui montre comment au fil de quatre décennies, les motivations, les acteurs politiques, économiques et sociaux, la signification et les stratégies de l'aide ont expérimenté des variations profondes, ce qui recommande des approches de recherche diversifiées.

Introduction -- Civilization and barbarians -- Empire of barbarians -- A civilized/barbaric Europe -- New barbarians -- Decolonizing the discipline : forgetting the imperial past and the imperial present -- New barbarians, old barbarians : post-Cold War IR theory, 'everything old is new again' -- Conclusion : the return of culture, identity, civilization, and barbarians to international relations

Re-Framing the International insists that, if we are to properly face the challenges of the coming century, we need to re-examine international politics and development through the prism of ethics and morality. International relations must now contend with a widening circle of participants reflecting the diversity and uneveness of status, memory, gender, race, culture and class.