Sufism: A Theoretical Intervention in Global International Relations: Global Dialogues: Non Eurocentric Visions of the Global Deepshikha Shahi Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Sufism

A Theoretical Intervention in Global International Relations

Sufism

A Theoretical Intervention in Global International Relations

Description

In an effort to attain a ‘global’ character, the contemporary academic discipline of International Relations (IR) increasingly seeks to surpass its Eurocentric limits, thereby opening up pathways to incorporate non-Eurocentric worldviews. Lately, many of the non-Eurocentric worldviews have emerged which either engender a ‘derivative’ discourse of the same Eurocentric IR theories, or construct an ‘exceptionalist’ discourse which is particularly applicable to the narrow experiential realities of a native time-space zone: as such, they fall short of the ambition to produce a genuinely ‘non-derivative’ and ‘non-exceptionalist’ Global IR theory.

Against this backdrop, Sufism: A Theoretical Intervention in Global International Relations performs a multidisciplinary research to explore how ‘Sufism’ – as an established non-Western philosophy with a remarkable temporal-spatial spread across the globe – facilitates a creative intervention in the theoretical understanding of Global IR.

Introduction

1. The Entry of Sufism into Global IR: A Move Beyond the State-of-the-Art, Deepshikha Shahi

Part I: Sufism and Global IR

2. Al-Ghazali, Ibn al-Arabi and Global IR: A Sufi Re-reading of Knowledge-Power Nexus, Ali Balci

3. Rumi and Global IR: A Sufi Review of Epistemology, Ontology and Methodology, Deepshikha Shahi

Part II: Debating Sufi 'Oneness of Reality': Insights from the Non-Western Worlds

4. The Potentials of the Sufi Idea of 'Oneness of Reality' in Global IR, Fait Muedini

5. Sufism and the Preservation of Syrian Spiritual Identity, Omar Imady

6. The Limits of the Sufi Idea of 'Oneness of Reality' in Global IR, Giuseppe Cecere

7. The Sufi Rhetoric in Contemporary Turkey: Find Peace in My Hegemony! Ayse Cavdar

8. 'Textual-Contextual Tension' in the Sufi Study of Global IR: Learning from Sudan, Meir Hatina

Part III: Analysing Manifestations of Sufism: Encounters with the Western Worlds

9. The American Discourse on Sufism: On the Resilience of Mystical Isla

Product details

Published	Jun 22 2020
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	248
ISBN	9781786613851
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Series	Global Dialogues: Non Eurocentric Visions of the Global
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Deepshikha Shahi

Sufism: A Theoretical Intervention in Global International Relations is a valuable and timely contribution to the increasing interest in non-Western traditions of thought. It will be of interest to IR theorists as well as scholars in other disciplines who are interested in non-Western traditions of thought and is sure to motivate further research in IR that is inspired by Sufism.

Insight Turkey
A theoretically ambitious and often captivating opening shot exploring Islamic mysticism and politics in the international realm, featuring a wide variety of academic scholars, spatial settings, disciplinary approaches and topical interpretations.

Matthijs van den Bos, Department of Politics, Birkbeck College, University of London