Postcolonial theory and international relations : a critical introduction / edited by Sanjay Seth.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-199) and index.

Cover Page
Half Title page
Series page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction
The essays
Notes
Critique
1 Postcolonial theory and the critique of International Relations1
History
Culture and theory
Knowing and being
Conclusion
Notes
2 The other side of the Westphalian frontier
The Oriental global backdrop to the rise of sovereignty
The dialogue of civilizations I: Eastern origins of sovereignty
War and the military revolution
Economic aspects of state-formation
Epistemic origins of sovereignty: the Renaissance and scientific revolution
Imperial encounters and the dialogue of civilizations II: inventing ‘America' and ‘Europe', constructing sovereignty
Francisco di Vitoria: The construction of infant imperialist Eurocentrism and sovereignty
Imperialism, Eurocentrism and the construction of sovereignty beyond Vitoria
Conclusion
Notes
3 Slavery, finance and international political economy Postcolonial reflections1
Slavery in the global political economy of capitalism
The absence of slavery in the history of political economy
The presence of slavery in the history of finance capital
Conclusion
Notes
4 Time and the others
I Past and present
II The importance of the individual
Notes
Performance
5 War, armed forces and society in postcolonial perspective1
The strange absence of war studies
From world wars to small wars
Armies of the West?
Conclusion: re-envisioning war
Notes
6 Deferring difference A postcolonial critique of the ‘race problem' in moral thought
The most important moral question of the day
The most important constitutional question
The most abhorrent evil imaginable
Conclusion
Notes
7 IR and the postcolonial novel Nation and subjectivity in India
Worlding The Shadow Lines
The God of Small Things and the life-world of the elsewhere
Reliving the international in north-eastern India
Conclusion
Notes
8 The ‘Bandung impulse' and international relations
Subaltern histories
The Bandung ‘impulse'
Bandung as memory30
Revolt against imperial time
Conclusion
Notes
9 The spirit of exchange
Introduction: a maddening generosity1
Exchange theory, IR and social anthropology
The spirit of the gift
The critique of Mauss
Spiritual revolution
The three baskets of knowledge
The hau of the gift revisited
Conclusion: the spirit of the Haitian Revolution
Notes
Bibliography
Index

"Postcolonial theory has had the most impact in disciplines such as literature and, to some degree, history, and perhaps the least impact in the discipline of politics. However, there is growing interest in postcolonial theory within politics, and interest in especially high in the subfield of international relations. This text provides a comprehensive survey of how postoclonial theory shapes our understanding of international relations"--