Uncertainty and Its Discontents

Worldviews in World Politics

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Av Peter J. Katzenstein, New York) Katzenstein, Peter J. (Cornell University, Peter J Katzenstein

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Worldviews are the unexamined, pre-theoretical foundations of the approaches with which we understand and navigate the world, and this volume provides the first major study of worldviews in international relations. Advances in twentieth century physics and cosmology questioning anthropocentrism have fostered the articulation of alternative worldviews, rivalling conventional Newtonian humanism and its assumption that the world is constituted by controllable risks. This matters for accepting uncertainties that are an indelible part of many spheres of life including public health, the environment, finance, security and politics - uncertainties that are concealed by the conventional presumption that the world is governed only by risk. The confluence of risk and uncertainty requires an awareness of alternative worldviews, alerts us to possible intersections between humanist Newtonianism and hyper-humanist Post-Newtonianism, and reminds us of the relevance of science, religion and moral values in world politics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-07-07
Mått152 x 228 x 21 mm
Vikt565 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Studies in International Relations
Antal sidor394
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009068970

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Peter J. Katzenstein's work addresses issues of political economy, security and culture in world politics. His recent books include Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics (co-edited with the late Lucia Seybert, Cambridge University Press, 2018) and the forthcoming Downfall: The End of the American Order (co-edited with Jonathan Kirshner). He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science in 1987, the American Philosophical Society in 2009 and the British Academy in 2015. In 2020 he was named the 26th recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize.

Preface; 1. Worldviews in world politics Peter J. Katzenstein; Part I. Substantialism and Relationalism: 2. Political worldviews in international relations: the importance of ideologies and foreign policy traditions Mark L. Haas and Henry R. Nau; 3. Relationality, post-Newtonian international relations, and worldviews Milja Kurki; 4. The president as mascot: relations all the way down Jairus Victor Grove; 5. Jewish questions and Jewish worldviews Michael Barnett; Part II. Accountable Agents and Epistemic Engines: 6. Weberian and relationalist worldviews: what is at stake? Henry R. Nau; 7. Oceans, jungles, and gardens: world politics and the planet Prasenjit Duara; Part III. Science and Religion: 8. Scientific worldviews in world politics: rationalization and the cosmological inheritance of the social sciences Bentley B. Allan; 9. Religious worldviews in global politics Timothy A. Byrnes; Part IV. Conclusion: 10. Of gardens, forests, and parks Peter J. Katzenstein; Index.