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Uncertainty and Its Discontents

Uncertainty and Its Discontents Worldviews in World Politics - Cambridge Studies in International Relations

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Publisher's Synopsis

Worldviews are the unexamined, pre-theoretical foundations of the approaches with which we understand and navigate the world, and this volume provides the first major study of worldviews in international relations. Advances in twentieth century physics and cosmology questioning anthropocentrism have fostered the articulation of alternative worldviews, rivalling conventional Newtonian humanism and its assumption that the world is constituted by controllable risks. This matters for accepting 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. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781316512661
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 327.101
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 710g
Height: 235mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 27mm