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Acharya and Buzan present non-Western IR traditions to challenge Western theoretical dominance and address how Western IR has misrepresented world history. With expert case studies spanning China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, and Islamic worldviews, the book offers a cross-cultural comparative perspective on how IR thinking develops and why.","Non-Western International Relations Theory  \nGiven that the world has moved well beyond the period of Western colonialism, and clearly into a durable period in which non-Western cultures have gained their political autonomy, it is long overdue that non-Western voices had a higher profile in debates about international relations, not just as disciples of Western schools of thought, but as inventors oftheir own approaches. Western IR theory has had the advantage of being the first in the field, and has developed many valuable insights, but few would defend the position that it captures everything we need to know about world politics.  \nIn this book, Acharya and Buzan introduce non-Western IR traditions toa Western IR audience, and challenge the dominance of Western theory. An international team of experts reinforces existing criticisms that IR theory is Western-focused and therefore misrepresents and misunderstands much of world history by introducing the reader to non-Western traditions, literature and histories relevant to how IR is conceptualized.  \nIncluding case studies on Chinese, Japanese, South Korean, Southeast Asian, Indian and Islamic IR this book redresses the imbalance and opens up a crosscultural comparative perspective on how and why thinking about IR has developed in the way it has. As such, it will be invaluable reading for both Western and Asian audiences interested in international relations theory.  \nAmitav Acharya is Professor of International Politics at American University, USA.  \nBarry Buzan is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, UK.  \nNon-Western International Relations Theory  \nPerspectives on and beyond Asia  \nEdited by Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan  \nFirst published 2010  \nby Routledge  \n2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge  \n270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016  \nThis edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2010.  \nTo purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of [eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk](eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk).  \n© 2010 editorial selection and matter, Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan; individual chapters, the contributors.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data  \nNon-Western international relations theory : perspectives on and beyond Asia / edited by Amitav Acharya and Barry Buzan.  \n1. International relations—Study and teaching—Asia. 2. International relations—Study and teaching—Islamic countries. I. Acharya, Amitav. II. Buzan, Barry.  \nJZ1238 .A78N66 2010  \n327. 101—dc22 2009038705  \nISBN 0-203-86143-4 Master e-book ISBN  \nISBN10: 0–415–47473–6 (hbk)  \nISBN10: 0–415–47474–4 (pbk)  \nISBN10: 0–203–86143–4 (ebk)  \nISBN13: 978–0–415–47473–3 (hbk)  \nISBN13: 978–0–415–47474–0 (pbk)  \nISBN13: 978–0–203–86143–1 (ebk)  \nContents  \nList of illustrations vii  \nList of contributors viii  \nAcknowledgements ix  \n1 Why is there no non-Western international relations theory? An introduction 1  \nAMITAV ACHARYA AND BARRY BUZAN  \n2 Why is there no Chinese international relations theory? 26 YAQING QIN  \n3 Why are there no non-Western theories of international  \nrelations? 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