Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Workshop
Module Offerings
7109IR-JAN-MTP
Aims
To critically examine the problem of eurocentrism in international relations and the rise of non-western thoughts as a response
To appraise original texts and classic writings of non-western international thoughts
To explore the historical and socio-political origins of non-western international thoughts
To critically assess the rigour and theoretical status of non-western international thoughts
To examine the influences of non-western thoughts on the real practice of international relations
To analyse the impacts of the non-western world on the western societies
Learning Outcomes
1.
Has a deep and systemic understanding of the scope and historical status of non-western international thoughts
2.
Demonstrates an understanding of scope of non-western international thoughts and its role in East-West relations
3.
Undertakes analysis of the classic writings and key texts produced by non-western thinkers in historical contexts.
4.
Evaluates the problems and limits in the Eurocentric aspects of the mainstream international theories
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Part I, Time
Eurocentrism in world politics: ‘The theft of history’ in theoretical, moral and historical terms
The Oriental vs. The Occidental: Self and Otherness
The Postcolonial Aura
Part II, Place
‘Celestial realism’: China All under Heaven
‘Reversed orientalism’: The looking glass of Japan
Political Islam and the Iranian Revolution
The Arabian Perspective
India and Subaltern studies
The Atlantic Vector and the Black
One Hundred Years of Solitude: Latin America
Additional Information:This module is designed with the understanding that our extant historical knowledge (which is implicitly Eurocentric) needs to be globalised. It means the non-western world should be better weighted and given due attention rather than seen as a passive receiver of western impacts. So it emphasises a lot on the historically situated forces in the making of non-western world of ideas and more importantly, their connections and complex relationships.