International relations theory and philosophy: interpretive dialogues/ edited by Cerwyn Moore and Chris Farrands.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: On philosophical traditions and hermeneutic global politics / Cerwyn Moore and Chris Farrands -- 2. Nietzsche's style: on language, knowledge and power in international relations / Roland Bleiker and Mark Chou -- 3. Deconstructing the modern subject: method and possibility in Martin Heidegger's hermeneutics of facticity / Louiza Odysseos -- 4. Gadamer's enduring influence in international relations: interpretation in Gadamer, Ricoeur and beyond / Chris Farrands -- 5. Jan Patocka and global politics / Cerwyn Moore -- 6. Emmanuel Levinas, ethics and rupturing the political / Andrea Den Boer -- 7. Walking corpses: Arendt on the limits and possibilities of cosmopolitan politics / Patricia Owens -- 8. Wittgenstein and international relations theory / K. M. Fierke -- 9. Bakhtin: from substance to process / Xavier Guillaume -- 10. Derrida: aporias or otherness / Claudia Aradau -- 11. On the nature of sovereignty: Gilles Deleuze and the theory of world politics / Julian Reid -- 12. Edward Said and post-colonial international relations / Mark B. Salter -- 13. On Habermas, Marx and the critical theory tradition: theoretical mastery or drift? / Alexander Anievas -- 14. Post-structuralism and the randomisation of history: the 'taboo' of historical materialism / Andreas Bieler and Adam David Morton -- 15. Regarding the pain of Susan Sontag / Stephen Chan.