Foregrounding the Complexities of a Dialogic Approach to Global International Relations

Authors : Deepshikha SHAHİ

Pages : 163-176

Doi:10.20991/allazimuth.725230

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Publication Date : 2020-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The ever more global character of today’s International Relations insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IR); is no longer satisfied with one-sided stories about how things have gone with either the West or the non-West. Rather, the ongoing discussions on Global IR persuade both the West and the non-West to squarely unfold their own narratives. As the theories and practices of contemporary international relations have remarkably acquired a ‘Global’ impetus, a lot of premium is being put on a ‘dialogic approach’ – that is, an approach to Global IR that insists upon a deeper two-way communicative-action between the West and the non-West. Although the dialogic approach to Global IR seeks to resolve a wide range of cognitive differences between the West and the non-West, it more often than not remains thwarted by a few unsettled contestations: insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(i); History vs. Philosophy, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ii); Chronology vs. Covariance, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(iii); Language vs. Concept, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(iv); Culture vs. Economy, and insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(v); Single vs. Plural. This paper sets out to shed light on these unsettled contestations in an endeavour to intellectually improve the prospects of a dialogic approach to Global IR.
Keywords : Global IR, Eurocentrism, Dialogue, Western IR, non Western IR