Description
| Product ID: | 9781009068970 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in International Relations |
| Title: | Uncertainty and Its Discontents |
| Subtitle: | Worldviews in World Politics |
| Authors: | Author: Peter J. Katzenstein |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Ethics and moral philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Social and political philosophy, Social theory, International relations, Social & political philosophy, Social theory, International relations |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Considers the ways in which alternative worldviews, fostered by advances in twentieth century natural science and other intellectual developments questioning anthropocentrism, take full account of uncertainty in contrast to conventional Newtonian humanism and its presumption of controllable risk. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. This volume provides the first major study of worldviews in international relations. Worldviews are the unexamined, pre-theoretical foundations of the approaches with which we understand and navigate the world. Advances in twentieth century physics and cosmology and other intellectual developments questioning anthropocentrism have fostered the articulation of alternative worldviews that rival conventional Newtonian humanism and its assumption that the world is constituted by controllable risks. This matters for coming to terms with the uncertainties that are an indelible part of many spheres of life including public health, the environment, finance, security and politics – uncertainties that are concealed by the conventional presumption that the world is governed only by risk. The confluence of risk and uncertainty requires an awareness of alternative worldviews, alerts us to possible intersections between humanist Newtonianism and hyper-humanist Post-Newtonianism, and reminds us of the relevance of science, religion and moral values in world politics. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-07-07 |
