Marta Iñiguez de Heredia and Zubairu Wai, Recentering Africa in International Relations: Beyond Lack, Peripherality, and Failure

Authors : Paul WITZENHAUSEN

Pages : 137-138

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Publication Date : 2021-08-13

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :The discipline of International Relations insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IR); is currently witnessing a sustained critique geared towards exposing the parochial origins of its epistemic orientation, namely Eurocentrism. As a system of knowledge production, Eurocentrism establishes Europe as the key referential figure in world history, from which all non-Western experiences and events are derived and subsequently hierarchized in their temporal and political significance.
Keywords : Afrika, uluslararası ilişkiler, epistemoloji