A Buddhist Approach to International Relations : Radical Interdependence - Springer Nature 2021 - 1 electronic resource (107 p.)

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This book is an open access book. Many scholars have wondered if a non-Western theory of international politics founded on different premises, be it from Asia or from the Global South, could release international relations from the grip of a Western, Westphalian model. This book argues that a Buddhist approach to international relations could provide a genuine alternative. Because of its distinctive philosophical positions and its unique understanding of reality, human nature and political behavior, a Buddhist theory of IR offers a way out of this dilemma, a means for transcending the Westphalian predicament. The author explains this Buddhist IR model, beginning with its philosophical foundations up through its ideas about politics, economics and statecraft.


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978-3-030-68042-8

10.1007/978-3-030-68042-8

International Relations Theory