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The Discipline of Western Supremacy: Modes of Foreign Relations and Political Economy, Volume III
Kees Van Der Pijl
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Hardback. Magisterial historical sociology of International Relations theory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JPS; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 482.
Concluding the Deutscher Memorial Prize winning trilogy on 'Modes of Foreign Relations and Political Economy', this is a magisterial historical sociology of International Relations theory.
In The Discipline of Western Supremacy Kees van der Pijl argues that, from the late European Middle Ages, Anglophone thinkers articulated an imperial world-view which was adopted by aspirant elites elsewhere. Nation-state formation under the auspices of the English-speaking West has henceforth informed thinking about international affairs. After decolonisation the study of comparative politics continued to develop under those same auspices as part of a comprehensive framework.
As the ... Read more
Concluding the Deutscher Memorial Prize winning trilogy on 'Modes of Foreign Relations and Political Economy', this is a magisterial historical sociology of International Relations theory.
In The Discipline of Western Supremacy Kees van der Pijl argues that, from the late European Middle Ages, Anglophone thinkers articulated an imperial world-view which was adopted by aspirant elites elsewhere. Nation-state formation under the auspices of the English-speaking West has henceforth informed thinking about international affairs. After decolonisation the study of comparative politics continued to develop under those same auspices as part of a comprehensive framework.
As the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
481g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745323183
SKU
V9780745323183
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About Kees Van Der Pijl
Kees van der Pijl is a Fellow of the Centre for Global Political Economy and Professor Emeritus at the University of Sussex. His books include The Disciple of Western Supremacy (Pluto, 2014) The Foreign Encounter in Myth and Religion (Pluto, 2010), the Deutscher prize-winning Nomads, Empires, States (Pluto, 2007).
Reviews for The Discipline of Western Supremacy: Modes of Foreign Relations and Political Economy, Volume III
'Challenges us to understand the world in its full complexity and contradictory actuality'
Peter Bratsis, Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Salford 'A work to ponder and challenge and be challenged by as it exposes the intellectual and political origins of the operations of American academia'
Irene Gendzier, Boston University (Emeritus) 'Concluding an intellectually ambitious trilogy covering international ... Read more
Peter Bratsis, Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Salford 'A work to ponder and challenge and be challenged by as it exposes the intellectual and political origins of the operations of American academia'
Irene Gendzier, Boston University (Emeritus) 'Concluding an intellectually ambitious trilogy covering international ... Read more