Transforming World Politics

From Empire to Multiple Worlds

Anna M Agathangelou author LHM Ling author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:28th May '09

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This book critiques neo-liberalism and introduces 'worldism' as a transformative approach to understanding global politics, emphasizing the need for a shift in both thought and existence.

This book critiques neo-liberalism and offers an alternative perspective on contemporary world politics, asserting that the neo-liberal approach to international relations is fundamentally flawed. It highlights how this approach perpetuates violence, instability, insecurity, and marginalization, leading to a cycle of retaliation and further conflict. The authors argue that many individuals are drawn into projects of power and alienation, which provide limited opportunities for true emancipation.

Transforming World Politics presents a pioneering concept known as 'worldism,' which seeks to redefine how we understand global interactions. This approach integrates insights from both non-Western and Western traditions, utilizing frameworks from Marxist, postcolonial, feminist, and critical security theories, alongside Greek and Chinese political thought. The authors emphasize that to grasp contemporary world politics, one must consider the legacies of diverse historical contexts, including the intersections of power shaped by gender, race, class, and nationality.

Through the use of fiction and poetry as exploratory tools, the authors expand on their 'multiple worlds' approach to examine various sites of world politics. They contend that achieving a genuinely emancipatory understanding of global relations necessitates not only a change in thought but also a transformation in our modes of existence. Transforming World Politics is essential reading for students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including International Relations, Political Science, and Social Theory.

This is a worldly and sophisticated antidote to so much that is sterile and narrow in today's International Relations. The authors have provided us with a literate and learned statement on how to view a complex world. It is an important early contribution to what should become the mainstream of International Relations. Stephen Chan, Professor of International Relations, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK

In challenging historical erasures that have been carried through violence as desire and the desire for violence, as well as the framing of discourses and the incarceration of labour in property relations, Transforming World Politics makes us think about our diminished way of life under the neoliberal imperium. The authors make the bold claim that we need to interrogate and challenge not only the 'other' but ourselves, thus creating new possibilities of moving forward together. Shirin M. Rai, Professor of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK


This is a worldly and sophisticated antidote to so much that is sterile and narrow in today's International Relations. The authors have provided us with a literate and learned statement on how to view a complex world. It is an important early contribution to what should become the mainstream of International Relations. Stephen Chan, Professor of International Relations, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK

In challenging historical erasures that have been carried through violence as desire and the desire for violence, as well as the framing of discourses and the incarceration of labour in property relations, Transforming World Politics makes us think about our diminished way of life under the neoliberal imperium. The authors make the bold claim that we need to interrogate and challenge not only the 'other' but ourselves, thus creating new possibilities of moving forward together. Shirin M. Rai, Professor of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK

ISBN: 9780415772792

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 540g

208 pages