Kautilya and Non-Western IR Theory

Deepshikha Shahi (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 167 Seiten

2019 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-13191-3 (ISBN)

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The ancient Indian text of Kautilya's Arthasastra comes forth as a valuable non-Western resource for understanding contemporary International Relations (IR). However, Kautilya's Arthasastra largely suffers from the problem of 'presentism', whereby present-day assumptions of the dominant theoretical models of Classical Realism and Neorealism are read back into it, thereby disrupting open reflections on Kautilya's Arthasastra which could retrieve its 'alternative assumptions' and 'unconventional traits'. This book attempts to enable Kautilya's Arthasastra to break free from the problem of presentism - it does so by juxtaposing the elements of continuity and change that showed up at different junctures of the life-history of both ' Kautilya's Arthasastra ' and 'Eurocentric IR'. The overall exploratory venture leads to a Kautilyan non-Western eclectic theory of IR - a theory which moderately assimilates miscellaneous research traditions of Eurocentric IR, and, in addition, delivers a few innovative features that could potentially uplift not only Indian IR, but also Global IR.

Deepshikha Shahi is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Delhi, India. She previously studied at the Centre for Global Cooperation Research/Käte Hamburger-Kolleg, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. She is the author of Advaita as a Global International Relations Theory.

1. Prelude
2.Kautilya's Arthasastra: A Philosophical Reconstruction
3.Kautilya Meets Buddha: Arthasastra between the Realpolitik and Moralpolitik of Asoka's Mauryan Empire
4.Kautilya Reincarnated: Steering Arthasastra toward an Eclectic Theory of International Relations
5.Postlude
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	25.10.2019
Reihe/Serie	Global Political Thinkers
Zusatzinfo	XI, 167 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	243 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Arthasastra • Arthaśāstra • Asoka • Aśoka • Buddhist • commonalities • extra-political Realist • Global IR • Indian IR • Kautilya • Kautilyan • Lokayata • Lokāyata • Moral Philosophy • Moralpolitik • non-Western IR • Political Realist • Realpolitik • Sa khya • Sa_khya • Sāṃkhya • social constructivism • Yoga
ISBN-10	3-030-13191-2 / 3030131912
ISBN-13	978-3-030-13191-3 / 9783030131913
Zustand	Neuware