Handbook of Critical International Relations

Edited by Steven C. Roach, Professor of International Relations, the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida, US

'As a broad disciplinary descriptor, critical international relations says both too much and too little. That said, Roach and his collaborators have performed a great service. This is a strong collection of synoptic chapters, treating key developments in the field with seriousness and erudition. Readers seeking entry into a complex, contested literature, or seeking to broaden or update their intellectual horizons, will find it invaluable.'--Daniel J. Levine, The University of Alabama, US'Critical theory is under siege from challenges to its alleged Eurocentrism and from national-populist movements to any notion of global emancipation. How should critical theory deal with those assaults and what form should future versions take? This volume reconsiders critical, emancipatory thought in the context of radical political change and concerns about the future of international cooperation. All students of critical theory will profit from engaging with its wide-ranging and scholarly reflections on a leading perspective in international relations over the last four decades.'--Andrew Linklater, Aberystwyth University, UK'This important volume provides an array of theoretical interventions, critical perspectives, thought-provoking analyses, and innovative assessments on contemporary aspects of international relations. Showcasing the work of cutting-edge and diverse scholars in international relations, the Handbook of Critical International Relations brings the reader in contact with key theoretical arguments, necessary methodological debates, and everyday practices in international politics. For scholars and students eager to understand what critical international relations is and does, this Handbook is a must read.'--François Debrix, Virginia Tech, US

• Contents:1 Introduction to the Handbook of Critical International Relations 1Steven C. RoachPART I APPROACHES AND EMANCIPATION2 Opening up international relations, or: how I learned to stopworrying and love ‘non-Western IR’ 12Pinar Bilgin3 Habermas and international relations: testing the critical limitsof modernity 29Ben Thirkell-White4 Emancipation, power, insecurity: Critical Theory and immanentcritique of human security 55Columba Peoples5 A critical perspective on emotions in international relations 72Simon Koschut6 Critical realism in international relations 90Ben LuongoPART II CONCEPTS AND CONFIGURATION7 Dialectics in critical international relations theory 122Shannon Brincat and Susan de Groot Heupner8 Recognition reframed: reconfiguring recognition in global politics 144Kate Schick9 Empires at home: critical international relations theory and ourpostcolonial moments 162Alexander D. Barder10 Instrumental reason 179Matthew FluckPART III POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DOMINATION11 Critical international relations and the global organic crisis 202Stephen Gill12 Neoliberal authoritarianism in Egypt before and after theuprisings: a critical international political economy perspective 221Roberto Roccu13 Emancipation in critical security studies: political economy,domination and the everyday 242João Nunes14 Slow violence, precarity and the overheating of neoliberal consensus 259Shomik ChakrabartiPART IV GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND CHALLENGES15 Critical animal studies, critical international relations theory,and anthropocentrism 277Steven C. Tauber16 The politics of emotions in contemporary wars 305Mathias Delori17 Critical international relations feminism: the case of AmericanShia women 324Raheleh Dayerizadeh18 The responsibility to protect: the rise of liberal authoritarianism 337Philip Cunliffe19 Afterword 348Steven C. RoachIndex 354