International Relations in the Anthropocene

This textbook introduces advanced students of International Relations (and beyond) to the ways in which the advent of, and reflections on, the Anthropocene impact on the study of global politics and the disciplinary foundations of IR. The book contains 24 chapters, authored by senior academics as well as early career scholars, and is divided into four parts, detailing, respectively, why the Anthropocene is of importance to IR, challenges to traditional approaches to security, the question of governance and agency in the Anthropocene, and new methods and approaches, going beyond the human/nature divide.

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Offers an introduction to the concept and importance of the Anthropocene in International Relations Explores the key themes of International Relations and the Anthropocene including governance, security and resilience Includes contributions from all of the major names in the field

Autorentext
David Chandler is Professor of International Relations at the University of Westminster, UK.

Franziska Müller is Assistant Professor for Globalization and Climate Governance at the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Delf Rothe is Researcher and Principal Investigator of the DFG-funded research project 'The Knowledge Politics of Security in the Anthropocene', Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy, University of Hamburg, Germany.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: International Relations in the Anthropocene; Delf Rothe, Franziska Müller, and David Chandler.- Part I. The Anthropocene: From the Global to the Planetary.- 2. Towards a Politics for the Earth: Rethinking IR in the Anthropocene; Joana Castro Pereira.- 3. Encounters between Security and Earth System Sciences: Planetary Boundaries and Hothouse Earth; Judith Nora Hardt.- 4. The Nuclear Origins of the Anthropocene; Rens van Munster.- 5. Decolonizing the Anthropocene; Cheryl McEwan.- 6. Geoengineering: A New Arena of International Politics; Olaf Corry and Nikolaj Kornbech.- 7. Genealogies of the Anthropocene and How to Study Them; Delf Rothe and Ann-Kathrin Benner.- Part II. The Challenge of Security.- 8. Environmental Security and the Geopolitics of the Anthropocene; Simon Dalby.- 9. Security in the Anthropocene; Maria Julia Trombetta.- 10. Security Through Resilience: Contemporary Challenges in the Anthropocene; David Chandler.- 11. Protecting the Vulnerable: Towards an Ecological Approach to Security; Matt McDonald.- 12. Caring for the World: Security in the Anthropocene; Cameron Harrington.- Part III. Governance and Agency.- 13. Posthuman International Relations: Complexity, Ecology and Global Politics; Erika Cudworth and Steve Hobden.- 14. Agency in More-than-Human, Queerfeminist and Decolonial Perspectives; Franziska Müller.- 15. Disrupting the Universality of the Anthropocene with Perspectives from the Asia Pacific; Dahlia Simangan.- 16. Challenges to Democracy in the Anthropocene; Ayem Mert.- 17. Environmental Governance in the Anthropocene: Challenges, Approaches and Critical Perspectives; Basil Bornemann.- 18. Experimental Government in the Anthropocene; Stephanie Wakefield.- Part IV. Methods and Approaches: Beyond the Human/Nature Divide.- 19. Collaging as a Method for IR in the Anthropocene; Anna Leander.- 20. Knowing of Ontologies: Map-Making to 'See' Worlds of Relations; Caitlin Ryan.- 21. Spatializing the Environmental Apocalypse; Suvi Alt.- 22. The Weather Is Always a Method; Harshavardhan Bhat.- 23. Thought Experiment as Method: Science-Fiction and International Relations in the Anthropocene; Isabella Hermann.- 24. Disrupting Anthropocentrism Through Relationality; Jarrad Reddekop and Tamara Trownsell.