The Vulnerable Subject Beyond Rationalism in International Relations [Hardcover]

This book develops a concept of vulnerability in International Relations that allows for a profound rethinking of a core concept of international politics: means-ends rationality. It explores traditions that proffer a more complex and relational account of vulnerability.Introduction; A.R.Beattie & K.Schick PART I: A Place of Greater Safety? Securing Judgement in International Ethics; K.Hutchings Gillian Rose and Vulnerable Judgement; K.Schick Vulnerability, Moral Luck & the Morality of Natural Law; A.R.Beattie Trust, Rationality and Vulnerability in International Relations; T.Michel PART II 'The Damage was permanent, there would always be scars': Vulnerability and Accountability in a Post-rational World; B.J.Steele Who will Provide the West with Therapy?; R.Shilliam Pathological Vulnerability and the Politics of Climate Change; E.Gammon Between Self-esteem and Self-respect: Vulnerability in Japanese Foreign Policy; R.Nakano Conclusion; A.R.Beattie

'The Vulnerable Subject is a wonderful book. The volume's editors have assembled a

collection of essays that collectively take the reader beyond now-familiar critiques

not only of mainstream 'explanatory' IR theory, but also of rationalist normative

theory. Eschewing well-worn oppositions and dichotomies, the authors challenge us

to consider the implications of 'the vulnerable subject' in a wide range of theoretical

and empirical positions related to global politics. If you teach or research in international

relations or moral and political philosophy, this book may change the way

you think about ethics, politics, your 'subject' and your self.'

Fiona Robinson, Professor of Political Science, Carleton University, Canada

EARL GAMMON Lecturer in Politics and International Relations in the School of Political, Social and International Studies at the Universitylƒ~