The Time of Global Politics

International Relations as Study of the Present

AvChristopher McIntosh

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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How can we better relate and respond to the political times we inhabit? Temporal relationships play a central role in the questions at the heart of global politics, but political commentators and observers focus almost exclusively on the past as a means of predicting and preparing for the future. Christopher McIntosh argues that, although past events are meaningful for our collective future, the present remains vitally important. McIntosh emphasises the importance of the present as a conceptual resource and analytical category for thinking about international politics. The present, he suggests, places an orientation toward difference and a recognition of the human limits of understanding alongside an emphasis on process and change. This book will shift current thinking about prediction and better enable the use of knowledge about international politics to meaningfully and positively intervene in present-day concerns.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-07-24
Mått:228 x 151 x 21 mm
Vikt:501 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009386821

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Christopher McIntosh is Assistant Professor of Politics at Bard College. His research focuses on developing a concept of time, war, and social theory in international politics, and he is one of the first IR scholars to establish time and temporality as a separate area of research inquiry and theory.

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'McIntosh brings a new temporal orientation for studies of international politics, importantly encouraging us to embrace a conscious humility in our work and selves, a welcomed intellectual move, not least given the challenges we all face.' Kathryn M. Fisher, Johns Hopkins University

Innehållsförteckning

1. Theorizing with the present: past, present, and future in international politics; 2. The temporal imaginary of international relations; 3. A presentist approach to international relations: a toolkit for political analysis; 4. The temporality of IR theories: global politics from the present; 5. The time of war; 6. Making America great again, again, and again; 7. Beyond disciplinary prediction: alternative futures; 8. Theorizing responsibly: temporality, positionality, and difference; Conclusion: toward an intellectual ethos for time scholarship in global politics.

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