The vulnerable subject : beyond rationalism in international relations / edited by Amanda Russell Beattie and Kate Schick.

Includes index.

Kate Schick is a lecturer in International relations, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

1. Introduction / Amanda Russell Beattie & Kate Schick -- 2. A Place of Greater Safety? Securing Judgment in International Ethics Kimberly Hutchings -- 3. Gillian Rose and Vulnerable Judgement / Kate Schick -- 4. Vulnerability, Moral Luck & the Morality of Natural Law / Amanda Russell Beattie -- 5. Trust, Rationality and Vulnerability in International Relations / Torsten Michel -- 6. The Damage was permanent, there would always be scars : Vulnerability and Accountability in a post-rational world / Brent J. Steele -- 7. Who will provide the West with therapy? / Robbie Shilliam -- 8. Pathological Vulnerability and the Politics of Climate Change / Earl Gammon -- 9. Between Self-esteem and Self-respect: Vulnerability in Japanese Foreign Policy / Ryoko Nakano -- 10. Conclusion / Amanda Russell Beattie.

"International Relations scholarship has typically engaged with vulnerability as a problem to be solved through 'rational' attempts to craft a global order marked by universality, predictability and stability. By recovering an awareness of the persistently vulnerable human subject, this book argues that we can re-engage with issues of emotion, relationality, community and history that are often excluded from the study of global politics. This collection proposes an agonistic approach to international ethics and politics, eschewing a rationalism that radically privileges white Western conceptions of the world and that actively oppresses alternative voices. The Vulnerable Subject addresses issues such as trust, judgement, climate change, identity, and post-colonial relations, allowing for a profound rethinking of one of the core driving assumptions at the heart of international politics"-- Provided by publisher.

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