Claudio Coloma is an assistant professor and research fellow at the Observatory of New Citizenship at the Universidad de las Americas (UDLA), Chile.

• PART I. PROBLEMATISATION OF THE OBJECT OF STUDY 1 China’s Latin American Pioneer: The problem of matter and ideas to explain Chile-China relations 2 Do Chile-China relations fit mainstream ontology? Solving the matter/ideas conundrum in IR 3 The domestic trap of post-Marxism: On deconstructing hegemony and reimagining the international through the pluriverse PART II. DESIGNING A STRATEGY TO ACCOUNT FOR CHILE-CHINA RELATIONS 4 Post-Marxism and international politics: An analysis strategy to account for international practice PART III. LOGICS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: CHILE-CHINA RELATIONS AS INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES 5 Chile and China in 1970: Logics of the establishment of diplomatic relationships 6 Chile and China in 1978: Logics of bilateral rapprochement 7 Chile and China in 2005: Logics of free trade 8 Chile and China in 2017: Logics of human rights and globalisation PART IV DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS 9 Chile-China relations in a post-Western discipline: Towards a post-Marxist approach to international relations 10 General conclusions

Claudio Coloma is an assistant professor and research fellow at the Observatory of New Citizenship at the Universidad de las Americas (UDLA), Chile.

• PART I. PROBLEMATISATION OF THE OBJECT OF STUDY 1 China’s Latin American Pioneer: The problem of matter and ideas to explain Chile-China relations 2 Do Chile-China relations fit mainstream ontology? Solving the matter/ideas conundrum in IR 3 The domestic trap of post-Marxism: On deconstructing hegemony and reimagining the international through the pluriverse PART II. DESIGNING A STRATEGY TO ACCOUNT FOR CHILE-CHINA RELATIONS 4 Post-Marxism and international politics: An analysis strategy to account for international practice PART III. LOGICS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: CHILE-CHINA RELATIONS AS INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES 5 Chile and China in 1970: Logics of the establishment of diplomatic relationships 6 Chile and China in 1978: Logics of bilateral rapprochement 7 Chile and China in 2005: Logics of free trade 8 Chile and China in 2017: Logics of human rights and globalisation PART IV DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS 9 Chile-China relations in a post-Western discipline: Towards a post-Marxist approach to international relations 10 General conclusions

Claudio Coloma is an assistant professor and research fellow at the Observatory of New Citizenship at the Universidad de las Americas (UDLA), Chile.

• PART I. PROBLEMATISATION OF THE OBJECT OF STUDY 1 China’s Latin American Pioneer: The problem of matter and ideas to explain Chile-China relations 2 Do Chile-China relations fit mainstream ontology? Solving the matter/ideas conundrum in IR 3 The domestic trap of post-Marxism: On deconstructing hegemony and reimagining the international through the pluriverse PART II. DESIGNING A STRATEGY TO ACCOUNT FOR CHILE-CHINA RELATIONS 4 Post-Marxism and international politics: An analysis strategy to account for international practice PART III. LOGICS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: CHILE-CHINA RELATIONS AS INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES 5 Chile and China in 1970: Logics of the establishment of diplomatic relationships 6 Chile and China in 1978: Logics of bilateral rapprochement 7 Chile and China in 2005: Logics of free trade 8 Chile and China in 2017: Logics of human rights and globalisation PART IV DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS 9 Chile-China relations in a post-Western discipline: Towards a post-Marxist approach to international relations 10 General conclusions