{"id":4602,"date":"2024-03-27T10:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T10:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4602"},"modified":"2024-03-27T10:19:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T10:19:01","slug":"why-is-mainstream-international-relations-blind-to-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=4602","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Mainstream International Relations Blind to Racism?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author:<\/b> Gurminder K. Bhambra<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Yolande Bouka<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Randolph B. Persaud<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Olivia U. Rutazibwa<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Vineet Thakur<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Duncan Bell<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Karen Smith<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Toni Haastrup<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Seifudein Adem<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Affiliation: \u00a0 <\/b>University of Sussex, Queen\u2019s University in Kingston\/Ontario, American University, University of Portsmouth, Leiden University, University of Cambridge, University of Leiden, University of Stirling, and Doshisha University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Organization\/Publisher:<\/b> Foreign Policy<\/span><\/p>

Date\/Place: <\/b>July, 2020\/USA<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature:<\/b> Analysis<\/span><\/p>

Word Count:<\/b> \u00a04684<\/span><\/p>

Link:<\/b> https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2020\/07\/03\/why-is-mainstream-international-relations-ir-blind-to-racism-colonialism\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Keywords:<\/b> International Relations, Racism, Colonialism, Western History, Inequalities, Brutality<\/span><\/i><\/p>

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The author begins by stating that mainstream International Relations has not been honest about its historical or geographical origins, has \u201cerased non-Western history and thought,\u201d and \u201c has failed to address the central role of colonialism and decolonization\u201d that has shaped the international order that is currently prevailing.\u00a0 To investigate these issues, the author interviewed some leading thinkers, one of them being <\/span>Gurminder K. Bhambra<\/span><\/a> (professor of postcolonial and decolonial studies at the University of Sussex). She states that contemporary politics is understood to have its roots in the Westphalian Peace Treaty of 1648, the birthdate of European nation-states, and that the modern state system originated from the American and French Revolutions. Thus, this led to ignoring that the time of these revolutions was the time of colonialism and expansion which triggered racialization and \u201ccelebrating\u201d European domination over other populations. Racialized hierarchies defined by the European empires are still prevailing when considering the inequalities of citizenship of decolonized states. Bhambra recommends that scholars should have a closer look at the colonial histories, which were responsible for the formation of modern states.\u00a0 Randolph B. Persaud (associate professor of international relations at the American University) claims that Liberalism was not the reason modern democracy was created. Rather, it was born out of the ashes of \u201cthe activism of the oppressed,\u201d a recent example being the killing of George Floyd, which has led to global mobilization against police brutality and the will to \u201cre-democratize\u201d democracy. Persaud concludes by arguing that \u201cthe global subalterns and historically marginalized peoples\u201d are those agents who pushed forward the process of democratization in the international system. Duncan Bell (professor of political thought and international relations at the University of Cambridge) states in the interview that IR was \u201coccupied with questions of colonial administration and the justification of racial supremacy.\u201d Finally, the statements of Karen Smith (lecturer in international relations at Leiden University) and Seifudein Adem (professor of global studies at Doshisha University) highlight that Eurocentrism in IR led to \u201cintellectual racism\u201d as well as to a \u201cracial catastrophe.\u201d Adem therefore assumes that the decline of the West could result in a \u201cracial justice.\u201d The author concludes the interviews by recommending the \u201ccultural ecumenicalism\u201d of Mazrui for shared sensibilities and values to blossom and prosper.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>


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