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  • History of International Relations

    A Non-European Perspective

    by Erik Ringmar ...
    Existing books on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This book pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught in International Relations courses, and by explicitly focusing on non-European cases, debates and issues.The volume is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the international ... Read more

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  • History of International Relations

    A Non-European Perspective

    by Erik Ringmar ...
    Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught in International Relations courses, and by explicitly focusing on non-European cases, debates and issues.The volume is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the ... Read more

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  • Moving Bodies

    Embodied Minds and the World That We Made

    by Erik Ringmar ...
    Increasingly we have come to live in our heads, leaving our bodies behind. The consequences have been far-reaching, of which cognitive theory has warned us, advocating a 'return to the body.' This book employs several case studies-kings performing in ballets, sea captains dancing with natives, nationalists engaged in gymnastics exercises-to demonstrate what has been lost and what could be gained ... Read more

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  • International Politics of Recognition

    The origins of international conflict are often explained by security dilemmas, power-rivalries or profits for political or economic elites. Common to these approaches is the idea that human behaviour is mostly governed by material interests which principally involve the quest for power or wealth. The authors question this truncated image of human rationality. Borrowing the concept of recognition ... Read more

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  • The Mechanics of Modernity in Europe and East Asia

    Institutional Origins of Social Change and Stagnation

    by Erik Ringmar ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Economic History
    Why, from the eighteenth century onwards, did some countries embark on a path of sustained economic growth, while others stagnated? This text looks at the kind of institutions that are required in order for change to take place, and Ringmar concludes that for sustained development to be possible, change must be institutionalized. Taking a global view, Ringmar investigates the implications of his ... Read more

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