Re-imagining International Relations Buzan Acharya Hardback 9781316513859

Re-imagining International RelationsWorld Orders in the Thought and Practice of Indian, Chinese, and Islamic Civilizations\nAuthor(s): Barry Buzan, Amitav Acharya\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781316513859, 978-1316513859\nSynopsis\nBuzan and Acharya challenge the discipline of International Relations to reimagine itself in the light of the thinking about, and practice of, international relations and world order from premodern India, China and the Islamic world. This prequel to their 2019 book, The Making of Global International Relations, takes the story back from the two-century tale of modern IR, to reveal the deep global history of the discipline. It shows the multiple origins and meanings of many concepts thought of as only modern and Western. It opens pathways for the rest of the world into this most Eurocentric of disciplines, encouraging them to bring their own histories, concepts and t.