Decolonizing grand theories : postcolonial ontology, historical sociology and mid-level theories in international relations / Sanjeev Kumar H.M.

Unlimited

Authorized users

Can lend chapters, not whole ebooks

Decolonizing grand theories : postcolonial ontology, historical sociology and mid-level theories in international relations / Sanjeev Kumar H.M.

9789819948413 (electronic bk.)
981994841X (electronic bk.)
9789819948406
9819948401

Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.

English

1 online resource (xv, 299 pages) : illustrations

10.1007/978-981-99-4841-3 doi

JZ1305

327.101

This book examines the modes by which the grand theories of International Relations can be restructured at the level of meta-theory. It emphasizes the inability of grand theories to make sense of international relations in postcolonial societies and argues to engage in such restructuring in the domain of ontology. This is done by making a historical sociological defence toward adopting mid-level theories in IR. It is a critique of the meta-theoretical foundations of Kenneth Waltz's grand theory of neorealism, by pivoting itself upon the framework of postcolonial ontology. Dwelling upon Mohammed Ayoob's mid-level theory of subaltern realism, it argues for undertaking the task of restructuring International Relations at the level of meta-theory, largely in the sphere of ontology. It explains how the thrust of grand theories such as neorealism, on ontological singularity can be circumvented. Owing to this, International Relations can experience a meta-theoretical transformation that may manifest in the broader engagement of the discipline itself, with the very conception of ontological multiplicity. Sanjeev Kumar H.M. is currently Professor of International Relations and Global Politics at the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, India. .

Includes index.

Access limited to authorized users.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 19, 2023).

Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources