Reflections on Critical Theory and Process Sociology
IR needs to focus more on theoretically-informed empirical research of unplanned social dynamics that distinguish process sociology from other social & political inquiry.
Review – Violence and Civilization
Linklater provides a historical contextualization of our imagination about the differences between various “civilizations” regarding norms and beliefs about war and harm.
Student Feature – Theory in Action: Critical Theory and Migration
From a critical perspective, there is only a true solution to this ‘crisis’ when political actors embrace cosmopolitan criteria that balance the interests and rights of everyone involved.
Introducing Critical Theory in International Relations
Critical theory assumes an active role in the betterment of human affairs according to the potential for freedom inherent in modernity and the identification of political alternatives.
10th Anniversary Interview – Melanie Richter-Montpetit
Dr Melanie Richter-Montpetit reflects on what books, or other media, published in the last 10 years has made the most impact on the discipline of International Relations.
Beginner’s Textbook – International Relations Theory
A lively, readable and relevant foundational introduction to IR theory that will help students to see not only what theories are, but why they matter.
Posthuman International Relations
A discussion of the posthuman and its relationship to the study of International Relations cannot be narrowly defined, nor can one voice provide conclusive definitions.
Border Thinking and the Experiential Epistemologies of International Relations
Borders cannot be understood separate from the bodies they affect and form. The geopolitics of knowledge cannot be separated from the experience of borders.
Interview – Walter D. Mignolo
Professor Walter D. Mignolo discusses the geo- and body-political dimensions of knowledge as the energy fuelling border thinking and decoloniality.
Edited Collection – Critical Epistemologies of Global Politics
This book offers an enriched vision of borders, both analytically and politically, that not only seeks to understand but also to reshape and expand the meanings and consequences of IR.
