Kautilya and Non-Western IR Theory

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Shahi, Deepshikha (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Global Political Thinkers
• Θέματα: International relations.; Asia-Politics and government.; Comparative politics.; Political theory.; Buddhism.; Ethics.; International Relations Theory.; Asian Politics.; Comparative Politics.; Political Theory.; Moral Philosophy.

The ancient Indian text of Kautilya's Arthaśāstra comes forth as a valuable non-Western resource for understanding contemporary International Relations (IR). However, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra largely suffers from the problem of 'presentism', whereby present-day assumptions of t...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Prelude
• 2. Kautilya's Arthaśāstra: A Philosophical Reconstruction
• 3. Kautilya Meets Buddha: Arthaśāstra between the Realpolitik and Moralpolitik of Aśoka's Mauryan Empire
• 4. Kautilya Reincarnated: Steering Arthaśāstra toward an Eclectic Theory of International Relations
• 5. Postlude.