Civilizational Identity: The Production and Reproduction of 'Civilizations' in International Relations (Culture and Religion in International Relations)

As A Way Of Improvising On The Study Of Civilizations In World Politics, The Volume Focuses On Those Social And Political Practices Through Which Notions Of Civilizational Identity Are Reproduced In A Variety Of Contexts Ranging From The Global Credit Regime To Theological Debates About Modernity To The 'war On Terrorism'. The Contributors To The Volume Explore The Ways In Which Practices Of Civilizational Identity Give Rise To The Effect Of A Solid Object Called A 'civilization, ' Even Though This Object Is Itself Nothing More Than An Ensemble Of Social Practices.-- Introduction: Civilizations And International Relations Theory / Martin Hall And Patrick Thaddeus Jackson -- Discourses Of Civilizational Identity / Jacinta O'hagan -- Civilizations As Actors : A Transactional Account / Patrick Thaddeus Jackson -- Discussion: On The Discursive Turn Of Civilizational Analysis / Hayward R. Alker -- Civilizations, Postorientalism And Islam / Mustapha Kamal Pasha -- Not Waiting For The Barbarians / Mark B. Salter -- Civilizations, Neo-gandhianism And The Hindu Self / Catarina Kinnvall -- Discussion : American Empire And Civilizational Practice / Daniel H. Nexon -- Global Standards Of Market Civilization / Brett Bowden And Leonard Seabrooke -- The Heterarchic Umma : Reading Islamic Civilization From Within / Peter Mandaville -- Deconstructing The Eurocentric Clash Of Civilizations : De-westernizing The West By Acknowledging The Dialogue Of Civilizations / John M. Hobson -- The Status Of Women And The Ordering Of Human Societies Along The Stages Of Civilization / Ann Towns -- Discussion : The Politics Of Civilizational Talk / Jacqueline Best -- Pathways To Civilization / Yale H. Ferguson -- Toward A Fourth Generation In Civilizational Scholarship / Martin Hall. Edited By Martin Hall And Patrick Thaddeus Jackson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [207]-231) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction: Civilizations and International Relations Theory....Pages 1-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Discourses of Civilizational Identity....Pages 15-31 Civilizations as Actors: A Transactional Account....Pages 33-49 Discussion: On the Discursive Turn in Civilizational Analysis....Pages 51-58 Front Matter....Pages 59-59 Civilizations, Postorientalism, and Islam....Pages 61-79 Not Waiting for the Barbarians....Pages 81-93 Civilizations, Neo-Gandhianism, and the Hindu Self....Pages 95-107 Discussion: American Empire and Civilizational Practice....Pages 109-116 Front Matter....Pages 117-117 Global Standards of Market Civilization....Pages 119-133 The Heterarchic Umma: Reading Islamic Civilization from Within....Pages 135-148 Deconstructing the Eurocentric Clash of Civilizations: De-Westernizing the West by Acknowledging the Dialogue of Civilizations....Pages 149-165 The Status of Women and the Ordering of Human Societies along the Stages of Civilization....Pages 167-179 Discussion: The Politics of Civilizational Talk....Pages 181-188 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 Pathways to Civilization....Pages 191-197 Toward a Fourth Generation in Civilizational Scholarship....Pages 199-205 Back Matter....Pages 207-242 This volume focuses on the constitutive politics of civilizational identity, examining the practices through which notions of civilizational identity are produced and reproduced in different contexts, including the global credit regime, modernity debates, and the "war on terrorism". This volume focuses more centrally on the constitutive politics of civilizational identity, examining the practices through which notions of civilizational identity are produced and reproduced in different contexts, including the global credit regime, modernity debates, and the A"war on terrorism. A."