“Contrapuntal Reading” as a Method, an Ethos, and a Metaphor for Global IR
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“Contrapuntal Reading” as a Method, an Ethos, and a Metaphor for Global IR. / Bilgin, Pinar.
In: International Studies Review, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2016, p. 134-146.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - “Contrapuntal Reading” as a Method, an Ethos, and a Metaphor for Global IR
AU - Bilgin, Pinar
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - How to approach Global International Relations (IR)? This is a question asked by students of IR who recognize the limits of our field while expressing their concern that those who strive for a Global IR have been less-than-clear about the “how to?” question. In this article, I point to Edward W. Said’s approach to “contrapuntal reading” as one way of approaching Global IR that embraces diversity and reflects multiple and overlapping experiences and perspectives of humankind. More specifically, I suggest that contrapuntal reading offers students of IR a method of studying world politics that focuses on our “intertwined and overlapping histories,” past and present; an ethos for approaching IR through raising the “contrapuntal awareness” of its students and offering an anchor for those who translate the findings of different perspectives; and a metaphor for thinking about Global IR as regional and global, one and many.
AB - How to approach Global International Relations (IR)? This is a question asked by students of IR who recognize the limits of our field while expressing their concern that those who strive for a Global IR have been less-than-clear about the “how to?” question. In this article, I point to Edward W. Said’s approach to “contrapuntal reading” as one way of approaching Global IR that embraces diversity and reflects multiple and overlapping experiences and perspectives of humankind. More specifically, I suggest that contrapuntal reading offers students of IR a method of studying world politics that focuses on our “intertwined and overlapping histories,” past and present; an ethos for approaching IR through raising the “contrapuntal awareness” of its students and offering an anchor for those who translate the findings of different perspectives; and a metaphor for thinking about Global IR as regional and global, one and many.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - international relations theory
KW - Edward Said
KW - postcolocnial IR
KW - critical IR
KW - global IR
U2 - 10.1093/isr/viv018
DO - 10.1093/isr/viv018
M3 - Journal article
VL - 18
SP - 134
EP - 146
JO - International Studies Review
JF - International Studies Review
SN - 1521-9488
IS - 1
ER -
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