Jacinta O’hagan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4588557 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacinta O’hagan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacinta |
| FAMILY NAME | O’hagan |
| SIGNATURE | O’HAGAN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6320-0251 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Decentring the English School
There are growing calls to address the Eurocentrism of classical English School (ES) scholarship and to adopt more holistic frameworks of analysis, which include alternative, non-Western forms of international order and interactions with the European international systems. This article investigates Adam Watson’s contribution to ‘decentring’ the ES. Two dimensions of Watson’s work speak to this objective. The first is his development of a more inc…
Shape shifting
The concept of civilization is intrinsic to the English School’s understanding of international society. At the same time, engagement with discourses of civilization has been an important site of contestation within the English School, with quite different narratives of the evolution, structures and dynamics of international society being articulated. I argue that deeper analysis of how different waves of English School scholars engage with disco…
The Role of Civilization in the Globalization of International Society
This chapter argues that civilizational ideas, practices, and contestations have been integral to the constitution and diffusion of international society, though their role is multifaceted. This is in part due to the multidimensional nature of civilization as a political concept, as well as to shifts in the constitutive norms and structures of international society. The chapter traces the role of civilization in the globalization of international…
Australia and the promise and the perils of humanitarian diplomacy
Humanitarian diplomacy has always been a crucial element of humanitarianism, however it is now becoming a more prominent element of states’ foreign policies. It holds many attractions and much promise. It provides states with a way of expressing important qualities of international empathy and solidarity and can also enhance a state’s international reputation and provide valuable means for building relationship of trust and cooperation. This can …
Martin Wight and the Problem of Difference
In the ‘ Disunity of Mankind’, Martin Wight addresses a recurrent dilemma in Western thought: how do we reconcile conceptions of human community with those of human diversity? The ways in which diversity is understood and the meanings attached to difference has significant implications for political orders and human interaction. The deployment of difference can generate both sites of contest, and the permissive conditions for particular forms of …
Editors' foreword
Fragmentation of the International Humanitarian Order? Understanding “Cultures of Humanitarianism” in East Asia
There is an ever-growing demand in the world for humanitarian action in response to the suffering caused by complex emergencies and natural disasters. Part of the power and appeal of humanitarianism is its universality, that is, the idea that humanitarianism is premised on cross-cultural moral truths and principles and a concern for the alleviation of suffering of humankind, regardless of differences. This idea of universality, however, is being …
War 2.0
Media has always been a critical dimension of politics and of political violence. Information about violence and conflict is disseminated through the media. Media is also a mechanism through which the politics of violence is monitored, represented and interpreted. While the historical relationship between old media and political violence has long been the subject of research and debate, how this relationship is affected by the emergence of digita…
‘With the best will in the world …’
Discourses of Civilizational Identity
Civilization is a notoriously complex term the meaning of which has evolved and shifted across time and context (Arnason, 2001; Braudel, 1995; Mazlish, 2001). It has stood for many different ideas across history (Salter, 2002). In order to understand this complex term we often draw upon associated concepts, locating civilization in particular geographies, linking them with particular forms of society, economy, or with collective ways of thought (…
Beyond the clash of civilisations
Apocalypse Forever? A Comment
This paper engages with that by William Tow. By discussing the contentious aspects of the interpretive traditions used in Tow's article and further interrogating the distinction between hard power and soft power, it draws attention to the contested nature of international relations theory in general, as well as to the need for a diversity of approaches to the terrorism question in particular. It questions the continuing integrity of nation‐states…
Conceptualizing the West in International Relations Thought
West is a concept widely used in international relations, but we rarely reflect on what we mean by the term. Conceptions of and what the West is vary widely. This book examines conceptions of the West
Conceptualizing The West In International Relations
Introduction: The West and Cultural World Order The West, Civilizations International Relations Theory Towards a Framework of Conceptualizing the West in International Relations Faust in the Twilight: Conceptions of the West in Oswald Spengler The Parochial Civilization: Arnold Toynbee's Conception of the West Globalizing the West: The Conception of the West in the Work of the 'International Society' School History's End? Francis Fukuyama's Conce…
A ‘Clash of Civilizations’?
The relatively peaceful conclusion of the Cold War encouraged many to hope for the commencement of a new era of international relations; one characterized by co-operation and growth. However, by the early 1990s, there was a growing sense of pessimism and insecurity. This was reflected in the emergence of a new metaphor for future world politics, that of the ‘clash of civilizations’. Introduced by the well-known American political scientist, Samue…
Contending Images of World Politics
In 1989, just prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, Francis Fukuyama penned his famous essay, ‘The End of History?’. His dramatic image of a new world in which ideological struggle was coming to an end, and in which perpetual peace among the liberal democracies was in prospect, was the opening gambit in a debate about the essential features of the post-Cold War world that continued throughout the 1990s and is still with us as we contemplate the n…
The Future of World Politics
The contemporary debate concerning the shape and possibilities of world politics, on which this volume has focused, is a debate about fundamentals. The protagonists have not focused on questions concerning the relative power of particular states, or on how particular international regimes can be bolstered, or on the fortunes of particular alliances — though there are debates elsewhere about such matters. To return to Gaddis’s (1999) useful metaph…
Contending Images of World Politics
Civilisational conflict? Looking for cultural enemies
(1995). Civilisational conflict? Looking for cultural enemies. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 19-38
Australian politics
David Black (ed.), The House on the Hill: A History of the Parliament of Western Australia 1832–1990 (Perth: Parliament of Western Australia, 1991) pp.558. $n.p. ISBN 0 7309 3983 9. D.H. Borchardt, Commissions of Inquiry in Australia: A Brief Surrey (Melbourne: La Trobe University Press, 1991) pp.107. $24.95 ISBN 1 86324 011X. John Connell and Richard Howitt (eds), Mining and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia (Sydney: Sydney University Press in a…
Australia and the promise and the perils of humanitarian diplomacy
Humanitarian diplomacy has always been a crucial element of humanitarianism, however it is now becoming a more prominent element of states’ foreign policies. It holds many attractions and much promise. It provides states with a way of expressing important qualities of international empathy and solidarity and can also enhance a state’s international reputation and provide valuable means for building relationship of trust and cooperation. This can …
Civilisational conflict? Looking for cultural enemies
(1995). Civilisational conflict? Looking for cultural enemies. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 19-38
Shape shifting
The concept of civilization is intrinsic to the English School’s understanding of international society. At the same time, engagement with discourses of civilization has been an important site of contestation within the English School, with quite different narratives of the evolution, structures and dynamics of international society being articulated. I argue that deeper analysis of how different waves of English School scholars engage with disco…
War 2.0
Media has always been a critical dimension of politics and of political violence. Information about violence and conflict is disseminated through the media. Media is also a mechanism through which the politics of violence is monitored, represented and interpreted. While the historical relationship between old media and political violence has long been the subject of research and debate, how this relationship is affected by the emergence of digita…
Fragmentation of the International Humanitarian Order? Understanding “Cultures of Humanitarianism” in East Asia
There is an ever-growing demand in the world for humanitarian action in response to the suffering caused by complex emergencies and natural disasters. Part of the power and appeal of humanitarianism is its universality, that is, the idea that humanitarianism is premised on cross-cultural moral truths and principles and a concern for the alleviation of suffering of humankind, regardless of differences. This idea of universality, however, is being …
Beyond the clash of civilisations
Australian politics
David Black (ed.), The House on the Hill: A History of the Parliament of Western Australia 1832–1990 (Perth: Parliament of Western Australia, 1991) pp.558. $n.p. ISBN 0 7309 3983 9. D.H. Borchardt, Commissions of Inquiry in Australia: A Brief Surrey (Melbourne: La Trobe University Press, 1991) pp.107. $24.95 ISBN 1 86324 011X. John Connell and Richard Howitt (eds), Mining and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia (Sydney: Sydney University Press in a…
Civilisational conflict? Looking for cultural enemies
(1995). Civilisational conflict? Looking for cultural enemies. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 19-38
A ‘Clash of Civilizations’?
The relatively peaceful conclusion of the Cold War encouraged many to hope for the commencement of a new era of international relations; one characterized by co-operation and growth. However, by the early 1990s, there was a growing sense of pessimism and insecurity. This was reflected in the emergence of a new metaphor for future world politics, that of the ‘clash of civilizations’. Introduced by the well-known American political scientist, Samue…
Contending Images of World Politics
In 1989, just prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, Francis Fukuyama penned his famous essay, ‘The End of History?’. His dramatic image of a new world in which ideological struggle was coming to an end, and in which perpetual peace among the liberal democracies was in prospect, was the opening gambit in a debate about the essential features of the post-Cold War world that continued throughout the 1990s and is still with us as we contemplate the n…
The Future of World Politics
The contemporary debate concerning the shape and possibilities of world politics, on which this volume has focused, is a debate about fundamentals. The protagonists have not focused on questions concerning the relative power of particular states, or on how particular international regimes can be bolstered, or on the fortunes of particular alliances — though there are debates elsewhere about such matters. To return to Gaddis’s (1999) useful metaph…
Contending Images of World Politics
Conceptualizing the West in International Relations Thought
West is a concept widely used in international relations, but we rarely reflect on what we mean by the term. Conceptions of and what the West is vary widely. This book examines conceptions of the West
Conceptualizing The West In International Relations
Introduction: The West and Cultural World Order The West, Civilizations International Relations Theory Towards a Framework of Conceptualizing the West in International Relations Faust in the Twilight: Conceptions of the West in Oswald Spengler The Parochial Civilization: Arnold Toynbee's Conception of the West Globalizing the West: The Conception of the West in the Work of the 'International Society' School History's End? Francis Fukuyama's Conce…
Apocalypse Forever? A Comment
This paper engages with that by William Tow. By discussing the contentious aspects of the interpretive traditions used in Tow's article and further interrogating the distinction between hard power and soft power, it draws attention to the contested nature of international relations theory in general, as well as to the need for a diversity of approaches to the terrorism question in particular. It questions the continuing integrity of nation‐states…
Beyond the clash of civilisations
Discourses of Civilizational Identity
Civilization is a notoriously complex term the meaning of which has evolved and shifted across time and context (Arnason, 2001; Braudel, 1995; Mazlish, 2001). It has stood for many different ideas across history (Salter, 2002). In order to understand this complex term we often draw upon associated concepts, locating civilization in particular geographies, linking them with particular forms of society, economy, or with collective ways of thought (…
‘With the best will in the world …’
War 2.0
Media has always been a critical dimension of politics and of political violence. Information about violence and conflict is disseminated through the media. Media is also a mechanism through which the politics of violence is monitored, represented and interpreted. While the historical relationship between old media and political violence has long been the subject of research and debate, how this relationship is affected by the emergence of digita…
Editors' foreword
Fragmentation of the International Humanitarian Order? Understanding “Cultures of Humanitarianism” in East Asia
There is an ever-growing demand in the world for humanitarian action in response to the suffering caused by complex emergencies and natural disasters. Part of the power and appeal of humanitarianism is its universality, that is, the idea that humanitarianism is premised on cross-cultural moral truths and principles and a concern for the alleviation of suffering of humankind, regardless of differences. This idea of universality, however, is being …
Martin Wight and the Problem of Difference
In the ‘ Disunity of Mankind’, Martin Wight addresses a recurrent dilemma in Western thought: how do we reconcile conceptions of human community with those of human diversity? The ways in which diversity is understood and the meanings attached to difference has significant implications for political orders and human interaction. The deployment of difference can generate both sites of contest, and the permissive conditions for particular forms of …
Australia and the promise and the perils of humanitarian diplomacy
Humanitarian diplomacy has always been a crucial element of humanitarianism, however it is now becoming a more prominent element of states’ foreign policies. It holds many attractions and much promise. It provides states with a way of expressing important qualities of international empathy and solidarity and can also enhance a state’s international reputation and provide valuable means for building relationship of trust and cooperation. This can …
The Role of Civilization in the Globalization of International Society
This chapter argues that civilizational ideas, practices, and contestations have been integral to the constitution and diffusion of international society, though their role is multifaceted. This is in part due to the multidimensional nature of civilization as a political concept, as well as to shifts in the constitutive norms and structures of international society. The chapter traces the role of civilization in the globalization of international…
Shape shifting
The concept of civilization is intrinsic to the English School’s understanding of international society. At the same time, engagement with discourses of civilization has been an important site of contestation within the English School, with quite different narratives of the evolution, structures and dynamics of international society being articulated. I argue that deeper analysis of how different waves of English School scholars engage with disco…
Decentring the English School
There are growing calls to address the Eurocentrism of classical English School (ES) scholarship and to adopt more holistic frameworks of analysis, which include alternative, non-Western forms of international order and interactions with the European international systems. This article investigates Adam Watson’s contribution to ‘decentring’ the ES. Two dimensions of Watson’s work speak to this objective. The first is his development of a more inc…
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