Provincialising IR? Deadlocks and Prospects in Post-Western IR Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11922500 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rosa Vasilaki (0000-0003-1618-3107, University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-22 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-11 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Millennium Journal of International Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-8298 • E-ISSN: 1477-9021 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0305829812451720 |
| OpenAlex | W2159265245 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
In recent years, IR has been increasingly influenced by the critics of Eurocentric assumptions of the epistemologies of social science. The awareness of the perspectival nature of knowledge and the emphasis on aspects of colonialism previously unaccounted for, such as epistemological imperialism, led to the flourishing of approaches which, despite their differences, are connected by their common interest in subaltern voices and suppressed knowledges, their anti-hegemonic inclination, and their emphasis on the emancipation of the Other. Post-Western IR theory is largely the offspring of such theoretical investigations and shares the ethical concerns of this critical tradition. The article identifies three strands of post-Western engagement: pluralism, particularism and postcolonialism. It focuses on postcolonialism because of the radical promise it represents on the one hand, and of the disconcerting implications of its epistemology on the other. Through the engagement with one of the most significant post-Western epistemological projects, Chakrabarty’s Provincializing Europe, the article demonstrates why the ‘post-Western’ question as dealt with by postcolonialism is a compelling conundrum for critical thinking. This is because the ultimately postsecular stance and singularising ethics adopted by such approaches are paralysing for the practice of social science and for a relational consideration of alterity, which can be served more efficiently by reference to a genuine universalism
Communalism · Critical theory · Emancipation · Epistemology · Eurocentrism · Hegemony · Political science · Politics · Postcolonialism (international relations · Social science · Sociology · Subaltern · Universalism · Anthropology · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · International Development and Aid · Law · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance
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| Citations per year | 3.38 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |