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Joy and International Relations - A New Methodology (Hardcover)
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Joy and International Relations - A New Methodology (Hardcover)
Series: War, Politics and Experience
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This book aims to develop new methodology for the study of
international relations (IR) based on joy, informed by current
thinking about posthumanism, feminist theory and positive
psychology. It examines how the mechanistic-deterministic worldview
derived from the Newtonian model has influenced the epistemology
and methodology of IR (i.e., the idea that the world is constituted
of independent fragments), and seeks ways to develop a new
methodology for IR by drawing on the potential of a non-fragmented
worldview. The author argues that it is this modern Western view of
human beings (or societies) as isolated and separate from the world
that prevents IR from finding new solutions to the questions of war
and conflict. Drawing upon case studies, testimonies and examples
from film, this book instead proposes joy as an alternative
methodology for studying IR, exploring the possibility of
self-healing in physical and emotional trauma in extreme violent
conditions.The author also discusses how posthumanism contributes
to positive psychology in understanding happiness and empowerment,
and demonstrates how these findings can further widen the study of
IR. This book will be of much interest to students of gender
studies, war and conflict studies, IR theory and critical security
studies.
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