Table Of ContentRE-IMAGINING INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
Buzan and Acharya challenge the discipline of International
Relations to reimagine itself in the light of the thinking
about,andpracticeof,internationalrelationsandworldorder
from premodernIndia,Chinaand theIslamic world.Thispre-
quel to their 2019 book, The Making of Global International
Relations, takes the story back from the two-century tale of
modern IR, to reveal the deep global history of the discipline.
Itshowsthemultiple origins and meaningsof many concepts
thoughtofasonlymodernandWestern.Itopenspathwaysfor
therestoftheworldintothismostEurocentricofdisciplines,
encouraging them to bring their own histories, concepts and
theories with them. The authors have written this book with
thehopeofinspiringotherstoextendthesepathwaysbybring-
ing in a wider array of cultures, and exploring how they
thoughtaboutandactedinworldscomposedofmultiple,inde-
pendent,collectiveactors.
BarryBuzanisEmeritusProfessorofInternationalRelationsat
the LSE (formerly Montague Burton Professor); honorary pro-
fessor at Copenhagen, Jilin, and China Foreign Affairs
Universities; a Senior Fellow at LSE Ideas; and a Fellow of the
BritishAcademy.
Amitav Acharya is the UNESCO Chair in Transnational
Challenges and Governance and Distinguished Professor at
the School of International Service, American University,
Washington, DC. He is a Past President of the International
Studies Association (ISA) and has won ISA Distinguished
Scholar Awards (for contribution to study of International
OrganizationandNon-WesternInternationalRelations).
Published online by Cambridge University Press
Published online by Cambridge University Press
Re-imagining
International
Relations
World Orders in the Thought and Practice
of Indian, Chinese, and Islamic
Civilizations
BARRY BUZAN
LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience
AMITAV ACHARYA
AmericanUniversity,WashingtonDC
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ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof
education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence.
www.cambridge.org
Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781316513859
DOI:10.1017/9781009076197
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andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,
noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten
permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.
Firstpublished2022
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ISBN978-1-009-07491-9Paperback
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Published online by Cambridge University Press
RE-IMAGINING INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
Buzan and Acharya challenge the discipline of International
Relations to reimagine itself in the light of the thinking
about,andpracticeof,internationalrelationsandworldorder
from premodernIndia,Chinaand theIslamic world.Thispre-
quel to their 2019 book, The Making of Global International
Relations, takes the story back from the two-century tale of
modern IR, to reveal the deep global history of the discipline.
Itshowsthemultiple origins and meaningsof many concepts
thoughtofasonlymodernandWestern.Itopenspathwaysfor
therestoftheworldintothismostEurocentricofdisciplines,
encouraging them to bring their own histories, concepts and
theories with them. The authors have written this book with
thehopeofinspiringotherstoextendthesepathwaysbybring-
ing in a wider array of cultures, and exploring how they
thoughtaboutandactedinworldscomposedofmultiple,inde-
pendent,collectiveactors.
BarryBuzanisEmeritusProfessorofInternationalRelationsat
the LSE (formerly Montague Burton Professor); honorary pro-
fessor at Copenhagen, Jilin, and China Foreign Affairs
Universities; a Senior Fellow at LSE Ideas; and a Fellow of the
BritishAcademy.
Amitav Acharya is the UNESCO Chair in Transnational
Challenges and Governance and Distinguished Professor at
the School of International Service, American University,
Washington, DC. He is a Past President of the International
Studies Association (ISA) and has won ISA Distinguished
Scholar Awards (for contribution to study of International
OrganizationandNon-WesternInternationalRelations).
Published online by Cambridge University Press
Published online by Cambridge University Press
Re-imagining
International
Relations
World Orders in the Thought and Practice
of Indian, Chinese, and Islamic
Civilizations
BARRY BUZAN
LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience
AMITAV ACHARYA
AmericanUniversity,WashingtonDC
Published online by Cambridge University Press
UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom
OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA
477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia
314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre,
NewDelhi–110025,India
103PenangRoad,#05–06/07,VisioncrestCommercial,Singapore238467
CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge.
ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof
education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence.
www.cambridge.org
Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781316513859
DOI:10.1017/9781009076197
©BarryBuzanandAmitavAcharya2022
Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception
andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,
noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten
permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.
Firstpublished2022
AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary.
ISBN978-1-316-51385-9Hardback
ISBN978-1-009-07491-9Paperback
CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof
URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication
anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,
accurateorappropriate.
Published online by Cambridge University Press
RE-IMAGINING INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
Buzan and Acharya challenge the discipline of International
Relations to reimagine itself in the light of the thinking
about,andpracticeof,internationalrelationsandworldorder
from premodernIndia,Chinaand theIslamic world.Thispre-
quel to their 2019 book, The Making of Global International
Relations, takes the story back from the two-century tale of
modern IR, to reveal the deep global history of the discipline.
Itshowsthemultiple origins and meaningsof many concepts
thoughtofasonlymodernandWestern.Itopenspathwaysfor
therestoftheworldintothismostEurocentricofdisciplines,
encouraging them to bring their own histories, concepts and
theories with them. The authors have written this book with
thehopeofinspiringotherstoextendthesepathwaysbybring-
ing in a wider array of cultures, and exploring how they
thoughtaboutandactedinworldscomposedofmultiple,inde-
pendent,collectiveactors.
BarryBuzanisEmeritusProfessorofInternationalRelationsat
the LSE (formerly Montague Burton Professor); honorary pro-
fessor at Copenhagen, Jilin, and China Foreign Affairs
Universities; a Senior Fellow at LSE Ideas; and a Fellow of the
BritishAcademy.
Amitav Acharya is the UNESCO Chair in Transnational
Challenges and Governance and Distinguished Professor at
the School of International Service, American University,
Washington, DC. He is a Past President of the International
Studies Association (ISA) and has won ISA Distinguished
Scholar Awards (for contribution to study of International
OrganizationandNon-WesternInternationalRelations).
Published online by Cambridge University Press
Published online by Cambridge University Press
