Quantum Social Theory for Critical International Relations Theorists

Michael P. A. Murphy is a SSHRC Doctoral Fellow in International Relations and Political Theory at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He has published over a dozen peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Contemporary Security Policy, International Relations, the Journal of International Political Theory, and Critical Studies on Security.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Uncertainty, Paradoxes, and Critical Intuition.- Part 1: From the Laboratory to the Social World.- Chapter 2 – Quantum Mechanics for Social Scientists: Wave/Particle Duality, Observer Effect, Entanglement.- Chapter 3 – Analogy or Actuality? How Social Scientists Are Taking the Quantum Leap.- Part 2: Quantizing Critique through Translation and Application.- Chapter 4. Translating on Common Ground: Borders, Autoethnography, Assemblages.- Chapter 5. Applying a Quantum Imaginary: The Example of “Quactor”-Network Theory.- Chapter 6. Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions.