Author Description
Falling And Flying: An Introduction / Naeem Inayatullah -- 1 Accidental Scholarship And The Myth Of Objectivity / Stephen Chan -- 2 Objects Among Objects / Jenny Edkins -- 3 Stammers Between Silence And Speech / Narendran Kumarakulasingam -- 4 Scenes Of Obscenity: The Meaning Of America Under Epistemic And Military Violence / Khadija F. El Alaoui -- 5 I, The Double Soldier: An Autobiographic Case-study On The Pitfalls Of Dual Citizenship / Rainer Hulsse -- 6 Weakness Leaving My Body: And Essay On The Interpersonal Relations Of International Politics / Jocob L. Stump -- 7 Waiting For The Revolution: A Foreigner's Narrative / Alina Sajed -- 8 Am I Not That? At The Feet Of Elders / Sara-maria Sorentino -- 9 Listening For The Elsewhere And The Not-yet: Academic Labor As A Matter Of Ethical Witness / Lori Amy -- 10 To Realize You're Creolized: White Flight, Black Culture, Hybridity / Joel Dinerstein -- 11 Goodbye Nostalgia! In Memory Of A Country That Never Existed As Such / Wanda Vrasti -- 12 Shaping Walls: Moving Through Lanka's Forts / Nethra Samarawickrema -- 13 Three Stories: A Way Of Being In The World / Patrick Thaddeus Jackson -- 14 G(r)azing The Fields Of Ir: Romping Buffaloes, Festive Villagers / Quynh Pham And Himadeep Muppidi -- 15 The Sound Of Conversation / Sorayya Khan -- Cosmography Recapitulates Biography: An Epilogue / Peter Mandaville. Edited By Naeem Inayatullah. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This collection investigates the intersection of personal experience and academic inquiry to challenge the traditional myth of objectivity within the field of international relations. Edited by Naeem Inayatullah, the volume gathers diverse scholars who utilize autobiographical narratives to examine how individual identity, cultural background, and lived history shape the production of political knowledge. By centering the researcher as a subject, the contributors argue that acknowledging personal positionality is necessary for a more honest and rigorous analysis of global politics.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- A collection of fifteen essays blending personal memoir with political theory.
- Methodologies for integrating subjective experience into formal academic research.
- Case studies addressing dual citizenship, epistemic violence, and the influence of cultural hybridity.
- Critical reflections on the role of the researcher as an ethical witness within international systems.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this work as a significant contribution to the reflexive turn in political science, noting its departure from standard positivist methodologies. Readers frequently highlight the density of the prose and the challenging nature of the personal narratives, which serve to deconstruct the traditional boundaries of academic writing.
Page Count:
212
Publication Date:
2011-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0415781426
ISBN-13:
9780203837221
Autobiography
Social Science
Academic
International relations
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