| ID | 101959 |
| Title Proper | Absence of non-western IR theory in Asia reconsidered |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Chen, Ching-Chang |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This paper critically examines an ongoing debate in International Relations (IR) as to why there is apparently no non-Western IR theory in Asia and what should be done to 'mitigate' that situation. Its central contention is that simply calling for greater incorporation of ideas from the non-West and contributions by non-Western scholars from local 'vantage points' does not make IR more global or democratic, for that would do little to transform the discipline's Eurocentric epistemological foundations. Re-envisioning IR in Asia is not about discovering or producing as many 'indigenous' national schools of IR as possible, but about reorienting IR itself towards a post-Western era that does not reinforce the hegemony of the West within (and without) the discipline. Otherwise, even if local scholars could succeed in crafting a 'Chinese (or Indian, Japanese, Korean, etc.) School', it would be no more than constructing a 'derivative discourse' of Western modernist social science. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol. 11, No. 1; 2011: p.1-23 |
| Journal Source | International Relations of the Asia-Pacific Vol. 11, No. 1; 2011: p.1-23 |
| Key Words | IR Theory ; International Relations ; Non - Western IR Theory ; Asia |