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Traveling Back - Toward a Global Political Theory (Hardcover, New)
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Traveling Back - Toward a Global Political Theory (Hardcover, New)
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We live in a global age, an age of vast scale and speed, an age of
great technological and economic and environmental change, in
conditions our ancestors could hardly have imagined. What does that
mean for our political thinking? Do we need new modes of political
thought or a new kind of political imagination? How might we begin
to develop a truly global political theory? Against the common
belief that we need a wholly new political theory for this new age,
McWilliams argues that the best foundation for a global political
theory is already behind us and can be found by traveling back. In
doing this - revisiting the history of political thought with a
mind to the questions attending globalization - it becomes clear
that the greatest tool for understanding our "new world" lies in
one of the oldest themes in Western political theorizing: travel.
From the beginnings of Western political thought - from the ancient
Greek practice of travel called theoria - political theorists have
used images of travel to illuminate the central questions of
globalization. Where travel stories appear, we find serious
reflection about how to live in cross-cultural and interconnected
political conditions. Here we find attention to the contingency of
political identity, to hybridity, to the threats of colonialism and
imperialism. We even find self-critical questioning about the
dangers that face political theorists who want to think globally.
In Traveling Back, Susan McWilliams uncovers the rich travel-story
tradition of political theorizing that speaks directly to the
problems of our age. She explores why this travel-story tradition
has been so long neglected, especially in this time when we need
its wisdom, and calls for its rediscovery. In order to move forward
toward a global political theory, McWilliams eloquently
demonstrates that we must first learn to travel back.
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