Asia in International Relations : Unlearning Imperial Power Relations. / Pinar Bilgin & L H M Ling

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Learning anew: Asia in IR and world politics; Four themes; IR, the discipline; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; PART I: SECURITY; 1. Dialogue of civilizations: A critical security studies perspective; Overlooking insecurities of non-state referents; Dialogical in ethics but not epistemology; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2. Cosmopolitan disorders: Ignoring power, overcoming diversity, transcending borders; Cosmopolitanism in brief. Identity and (in)securityCultural/Critical cosmopolitanism; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3. Dams and "green growth"? Development dissonance and the transnational percolations of power; Policy framework: HEP projects and dams in India; HEP controversy in India's northeast; Energy, equity, environment; Environment and development; Notes; References; 4. Latitudes of anxieties: The Bengali-speaking Muslims and the postcolonial state in Assam; Fencing and fantasy; Seduction of numbers; Specter of citizenship; Re-imagining Indo-Bangladesh relations; Notes; References; PART II: History. 5. The nation-state problematic: South Asia's experienceMultiplicity of nationalities; Overlapping boundaries; Failure of articulations; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6. The Diaoyutai/Senkaku Islands dispute: An ethos of appropriateness and China's "Loss" of Ryukyu; International society outside Europe: The case of East Asia; Extinguishment of the Ryukyu Kingdom and China's response; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7. Sovereignty or identity? Significance of the Diaoyutai/Senkaku Islands dispute for Taiwan; National identity and the islands dispute; Cyber discourse on the islands. Sovereignty, legitimacy and Taiwan's national identityConclusion; Notes; References; 8. Stories of IR: Turkey and the Cold War; Writing histories; Reproducing IR stories; Alternative narratives; Conclusion; Notes; References; PART III: Theory; 9. The postcolonial paradox of Eastern agency; Unpacking and re-visioning Orientalism; Conclusion; Notes; References; 10. Justification of trans-cultural international studies; Theories of theory choice; The normative basis of theory choice; Lakatos' taxonomy; Practical considerations for international studies; Conclusion; References. PART IV: Articulations11. Anti-colonial empires: Creation of Afro-Asian spaces of resistance; Postcolonialism and the state; Nineteenth-century resistance and anti-colonial empires; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; 12. From territory to travel: Metabolism, metamorphosis, and mutation in IR; "Westfailure" and its aftermath; An alternative language game for IR? The idea of road-and-travel; Towards a worldist approach of global metabolism/metamorphosis; Conclusion; Notes; References; 13. Empire of the mind: José Rizal and proto-nationalism in the Philippines; Empire of the mind.