ABSTRACT
Globalizing Political Theory is guided by the need to understand political theory as deeply embedded in local networks of power, identity, and structure, and to examine how these networks converge and diverge with the global. With the help of this book, students of political theory no longer need to learn about ideas in a vacuum with little or no attention paid to how such ideas are responses to varying local political problems in different places, times, and contexts.
Key features include:
- Central Conceptual Framework: Introducing readers to what it means to “globalize” political theory and to move beyond the traditional western canon and actively engage with a multiplicity of perspectives.
- Organization: Focused on key topics essential for an introductory class aimed at both globalizing political theory and showing how political theory itself is a globalizing activity.
- Themes: Colonialism and Empire; Gender and Sexuality; Religion and Secularism; Marxism, Socialism, and Globalization; Democracy and Protest; and Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity.
- Pedagogy: Each chapter features theoretical concepts and definitions, political and historical context, key authors and biographical context, textual evidence and exegesis from the foundational texts in that thematic area, a list of discussion questions, and a list of resources for further reading.
Committed to a multiplicity of perspectives and an active engagement between the global and the local, Globalizing Political Theory connects directly with undergraduate and graduate-level courses in political theory, global political theory, and non-western political thought.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|32 pages
Colonialism and Empire
chapter 2|10 pages
From Black Liberation to Human Freedom
part II|28 pages
Gender and Sexuality
chapter 6|9 pages
Different Foundations for Islamic Feminisms
part III|28 pages
Religion and Secularism
chapter 9|9 pages
The Sikh and Ahmadiyya Communities
part IV|42 pages
Marxism, Socialism, and Globalization
chapter 10|10 pages
Walter Rodney and Samir Amin
chapter 11|11 pages
Ernesto “Che” Guevara's Political Economy
part V|32 pages
Democracy and Protest
chapter 15|8 pages
Fatima Meer's Father
part VI|30 pages
Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity