Towards global relational theorizing: a dialogue between Sinophone and Anglophone scholarship on relationalism

TitleTowards global relational theorizing: a dialogue between Sinophone and Anglophone scholarship on relationalism
Publication TypeJournal Article
AuthorsNordin, Astrid H. M., Graham M. Smith, Raoul Bunskoek, Chiung-chiu Huang, Yih-jye Hwang, Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, Emilian Kavalski, L. H. M. Ling, Leigh Martindale, Mari Nakamura, Daniel Nexon, Laura Premack, Yaqing Qin, Chih-yu Shih, David Tyfield, Emma Williams, and Marysia Zalewski
JournalCambridge Review of International Affairs
Volume32
Issue5
Pagination570-581
ISSN0955-7571
AbstractWhat is ‘relational theorizing’ in International Relations and what can it offer? This article introduces a thematic section that responds to these questions by showing two things. First, relational theorizing is not a doctrine or a method, but a set of analyses that begin with relations rather than the putative essences of constitutively autonomous actors. Second, relational theorizing has emerged from different geo-linguistic traditions, and a relational approach to International Relations (IR) can offer the language and space for increased and productive engagement beyond Anglophone scholarship. This thematic section takes a significant step in this direction by staging a dialogue between Sinophone and Anglophone scholarship on relational IR theorizing. Such an engagement shows points of comparison and contrast, convergence and divergence. In this way, the essays presented here contribute to developing a more ‘global’ IR.
URLhttps://doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2019.1643978
DOI10.1080/09557571.2019.1643978
Short TitleTowards global relational theorizing
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