Towards a neo-Kantian Buddhism or a neo-Buddhist Kantianism: a critique of existing normative thought in the international relations and international political economy

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Watkin-Kolb, R., 2002. Towards a neo-Kantian Buddhism or a neo-Buddhist Kantianism: a critique of existing normative thought in the international relations and international political economy. PhD, Nottingham Trent University.

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Abstract

I have used the terms "neo" in my title since, in the end, a sense of modesty overcame me as I contemplated the vast fields I had to synthesise.

This thesis is dedicated to two enterprises (the word 'projects' seems too brief a term), these being a critique of the broad canon of mainstream normative theory in International Relations (IR) - this done against the author's close reading, over several years, of Kant and Hegel, extensively, in German - and the so-called new canon of International Political Economy, as it seeks to push itself towards its rebirth as Global Political Economy (GPE); and construction of a radically different and new ethical premise for IR and GPE together. This is based on the Theravada School of Buddhism and takes up Stephen Chan's complaint that the Third World "Other" knows so much of us, but we know so little that is theirs.

This thesis brings some of their discourses into ours, mid seeks to demonstrate the uncanny similarities between Kant and Theravada, arguing furthermore the superiority of Theravada for our normative project. The author argues against Frost's Hegelian project, against the essential self-containment of Rawls, and continues the aeons-long tradition of Theravada, that is, a tradition of ethical discourse.

Finally, added as an appendix, the author proposes her own Buddhist-informed model for global ethical governance.

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Thesis

Creators:

Watkin-Kolb, R.

Date:

2002

ISBN:

9781369314601

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