Approaching the Discipline of International Relations

Approaching the Discipline of International Relations

Approaching the Discipline of International Relations

By (author) Nadia Mostafa

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  • ISBN13: 9781642056082
  • Publication Date: 03-03-2023
  • Format: Paperback
The work attempts to present an Islamic paradigm of International Relations, whilst studying and critiquing the knowledge-power nexus of current and historical discourse in International Relations. It explores the historical development of dominant paradigms intrinsic to the discipline of IR as studied from a Euro-centric, Western perspective, and questions their efficacy in relation to the socio-economic-religious realities and context of the Muslim world. Terminologies and concepts are developed as integral aspects of an Islamic Civilizational Paradigm of International Relations, with premises rooted in the foundational sources of the Qur'an and the Sunnah. In constructing an Islamic Civilizational Paradigm of International Relations, a product of four decades of teaching and research at Cairo University, the author simultaneously challenges the place that Islam broadly occupies within secular paradigms currently dominating International Relations theory. She further explores the type of research questions and analysis that need to be addressed for an Islamic Civilizational Paradigm to have a viable future.
Author Bio
Nadia Mahmoud Mostafa is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. Born in 1951 she received her PhD degree in political science from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. Across a career spanning decades, she has authored 17 books, edited and co-edited more than 40, published around 55 papers in Arab and international journals, and presented about 111 papers at academic conferences and seminars.
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  • ISBN13: 9781642056082
  • Publication Date: 03-03-2023
  • Format: Paperback
The work attempts to present an Islamic paradigm of International Relations, whilst studying and critiquing the knowledge-power nexus of current and historical discourse in International Relations. It explores the historical development of dominant paradigms intrinsic to the discipline of IR as studied from a Euro-centric, Western perspective, and questions their efficacy in relation to the socio-economic-religious realities and context of the Muslim world. Terminologies and concepts are developed as integral aspects of an Islamic Civilizational Paradigm of International Relations, with premises rooted in the foundational sources of the Qur'an and the Sunnah. In constructing an Islamic Civilizational Paradigm of International Relations, a product of four decades of teaching and research at Cairo University, the author simultaneously challenges the place that Islam broadly occupies within secular paradigms currently dominating International Relations theory. She further explores the type of research questions and analysis that need to be addressed for an Islamic Civilizational Paradigm to have a viable future.
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