The Eurocentric Conception of World Politics : Western International Theory, 1760-2010
John M. Hobson
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2012
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (408 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; THE EUROCENTRIC CONCEPTION OF WORLD POLITICS; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1: Introduction: constructing Eurocentrism and international theory as Eurocentric construct; Introduction: international theory as defender of Western civilization; Re-visioning 'Eurocentrism' as a multivalent, promiscuous discourse; Unpacking the four generic variants of 'Orientalism'; Locating my approach within the wider literature on scientific racism and Eurocentrism. - 2: Eurocentric imperialism: liberalism and Marxism, c. 1830-1914Introduction: paternalist-Eurocentric imperial conceptions of world politics; Richard Cobden and John Bright: for 'peaceful universal interdependence' or 'English nationalism and national imperialism'?; Norman Angell: for Western civilizational interdependence and the British civilizing mission in the East; J. A. Hobson: paternalist Eurocentrism and the quest for a 'pure humane' Western civilizing mission; Karl Marx: paternalist Eurocentrism and the 'political necessity' of the Western civilizing mission. - Marx's brand of imperialismMarx's paternalist-Eurocentric theory of history; 3: Eurocentric anti-imperialism: liberalism, c. 1760-1800; Introduction: constructing an idealized European conception of world politics; Kant's theory of cosmopolitan right as critique of empire; Immanuel Kant: anti-paternalist Eurocentric foundations of cosmopolitan anti-colonialism; Kant's anti-paternalist Eurocentric theory of history; Adam Smith: anti-paternalist Eurocentric foundations of anti-imperial cosmopolitical-economy; Smith's anti-paternalist critique of empire. - Relativist defensive racism and the critique of imperialism: Blair and Jordan. - Six Eurocentric myths of IR: the moral purpose of IR as defender and promoter of Western civilization1. The 'noble identity/foundationist myth' of the discipline; 2. The 'positivist myth' of international theory; 3. The 'great debates myth' and reconceptualizing the idea of the clash of IR theories; 4. The 'sovereignty/anarchy myth'; 5. The 'globalization myth'; 6. The 'theoretical great traditions myth'; Cave: here be dragons!; Defining imperialism and anti-imperialism in international theory; PART I: 1760-1914 Manifest Eurocentrism and scientific racism in international theory. - The anti-paternalist Eurocentric foundations of Smith's cosmopolitical economy4: Racist anti-imperialism: classical liberalism and cultural-realism, c. 1850-1914; Introduction: racial apartheid conceptions of world politics; Universalist defensive racism and the critique of Western imperialism; Charles Henry Pearson: the decline of white supremacy and the rise of the yellow barbaric peril; Spencer and Sumner: the anti-ternalist critique of imperialism; Anti-paternalism and the laissez-faire state as the means to promote civilization; The universalist defensive racist conception of history. - Reveals international theory as embedded within Eurocentrism such that its purpose is to celebrate/defend the idea of Western civilization.
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| ISBN | 9781107020207. - 9781107604544
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