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Western dominance in international relations? The Internationalisation of IR in Brazil and India

Alejandro, Audrey ORCID: 0000-0002-3675-8986 (2018) Western dominance in international relations? The Internationalisation of IR in Brazil and India. Worlding Beyond the West. (16). Routledge, Abingdon, UK. ISBN 9780367540104

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Identification Number: 10.4324/9781315170480

Abstract

Since the 1970s, a 'critical' movement has been developing in the humanities and social sciences denouncing the existence of 'Western dominance' over the worldwide production and circulation of knowledge. However, thirty years after the emergence of this promising agenda in International Relations (IR), this discipline has not experienced a major shift. This volume offers a counter-intuitive and original contribution to the understanding of the global circulation of knowledge. In contrast to the literature, it argues that the internationalisation of social sciences in the designated 'Global South' is not conditioned by the existence of a presumably 'Western dominance'. Indeed, although discriminative practices such as Eurocentrism and gate-keeping exist, their existence does not lead to a unipolar structuration of IR internationalisation around ‘the West’. Based on these empirical results, this book reflexively questions the role of critique in the (re)production of the social and political order. Paradoxically, the anti-Eurocentric critical discourses reproduce the very Eurocentrism they criticise. This book offers methodological support to address this paradox by demonstrating how one can use discourse analysis and reflexivity to produce innovative results and decentre oneself from the vision of the world one has been socialised into. This work offers an insightful contribution to International Relations, Political Theory, Sociology and Qualitative Methodology. It will be useful to all students and scholars interested in critical theories, international political sociology, social sciences in Brazil and India, knowledge and discourse, Eurocentrism, as well as the future of reflexivity.

Item Type: Book
Official URL: https://www.routledge.com/Western-Dominance-in-Int...
Additional Information: © 2019 The Author
Divisions: Methodology
Subjects: J Political Science > JZ International relations
Date Deposited: 17 Feb 2021 18:00
Last Modified: 27 Mar 2024 23:00
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/108856

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