
The Vulnerable Subject
Beyond Rationalism in International Relations
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 212 pages
978-1-349-33295-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book develops a concept of vulnerability in International Relations that allows for a profound rethinking of a core concept of international politics: means-ends rationality. It explores traditions that proffer a more complex and relational account of vulnerability.
Reviews / Votes
'The Vulnerable Subject is a wonderful book. The volume's editors have assembled a
collection of essays that collectively take the reader beyond now-familiar critiques
not only of mainstream 'explanatory' IR theory, but also of rationalist normative
theory. Eschewing well-worn oppositions and dichotomies, the authors challenge us
to consider the implications of 'the vulnerable subject' in a wide range of theoretical
and empirical positions related to global politics. If you teach or research in international
relations or moral and political philosophy, this book may change the way
you think about ethics, politics, your 'subject' and your self.'
Fiona Robinson, Professor of Political Science, Carleton University, Canada
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Edition
1st ed. 2013
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
X, 212 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
288 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-33295-3 (9781349332953)
DOI
10.1057/9781137292148
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Persons
EARL GAMMON Lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the School of Political, Social and International Studies at the University of East Anglia, UK
KIMBERLY HUTCHINGS Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, UK
TORSTEN MICHEL Lecturer in International Politics in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) at the University of Bristol, UK
RYOKO NAKANO Assistant Professor in the Department of Japanese Studies at the National University of Singapore
ROBBIE SHILLIAM Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London, UK
BRENT J. STEELE Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Kansas, USA
Content
Introduction; A.R.Beattie & K.Schick PART I: A Place of Greater Safety? Securing Judgement in International Ethics; K.Hutchings Gillian Rose and Vulnerable Judgement; K.Schick Vulnerability, Moral Luck & the Morality of Natural Law; A.R.Beattie Trust, Rationality and Vulnerability in International Relations; T.Michel PART II 'The Damage was permanent, there would always be scars': Vulnerability and Accountability in a Post-rational World; B.J.Steele Who will Provide the West with Therapy?; R.Shilliam Pathological Vulnerability and the Politics of Climate Change; E.Gammon Between Self-esteem and Self-respect: Vulnerability in Japanese Foreign Policy; R.Nakano Conclusion; A.R.Beattie