Sufism: A Theoretical Intervention in Global International Relations [Hardcover]

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.

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

Introduction

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

Part I: Sufism and GloblcW