12%OFF
The End of Certainty: Towards a New Internationalism
Professor Stephen Chan
€ 25.99
€ 22.82
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The End of Certainty: Towards a New Internationalism
Paperback. The End of Certainty takes a fresh and provocative look on world politics today. Stephen Chan leads the reader on a rollercoaster ride through how we can establish a new kind of international relations and construct a common future for the planet Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 388.
The End of Certainty is a magical realist book on world politics. Stephen Chan takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through how we can establish a new kind of international relations and construct a common future for the planet. Chan argues that the certainties of singular traditions of philosophy have failed to help us understand power shifts and struggles in an endlessly diverse world. Chan argues that fusing different strands of Western, Eastern, religious and philosophical thought, is far more likely to help us move forward amidst uncertainty. In doing so, he takes us on a ... Read more
The End of Certainty is a magical realist book on world politics. Stephen Chan takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride through how we can establish a new kind of international relations and construct a common future for the planet. Chan argues that the certainties of singular traditions of philosophy have failed to help us understand power shifts and struggles in an endlessly diverse world. Chan argues that fusing different strands of Western, Eastern, religious and philosophical thought, is far more likely to help us move forward amidst uncertainty. In doing so, he takes us on a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848134027
SKU
V9781848134027
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Professor Stephen Chan
Stephen Chan is Professor of International Relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London. He has lived and worked in many parts of the world and has been engaged with international relations both diplomatically and academically. However, he has also worked directly in many of the deprived areas of Africa, and has helped African ... Read more
Reviews for The End of Certainty: Towards a New Internationalism
'Against the kind of debate that features a clash of "certainties ... about the best form of coercion to apply in any international moral impasse", international-relations scholar Chan has written a beautifully digressive plea for pluralism. The book's wide-angle viewpoint takes in André Malraux's imagining of a Chinese assassin, the Finnish construction of a national myth, contemporary African novels, Sufism ... Read more