Book Review - The Eurocentric Conception of World Politics: Western International Theory, 1760-2010

Authors : Berivan AKIN

Pages : 215-230

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Publication Date : 2013-01-01

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :That international theory originally refers to a Eurocentric conception of world politics and constructs/defends the civilisational identity of the West that was derived from the historical- intellectual context from 1760 to 2010 is Hobson’s main argument. In order to explore the historical-intellectual construction of Western international theory, he develops four generic categories, which are Eurocentric institutionalism, scientific racism, imperialism and anti-imperialism. Each of these generic Eurocentric conceptions has come to the fore in certain historical periods that Hobson separates from
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