The Political Economy of a Plural World: Critical reflections on Power, Morals and Civilisation

by Robert W. Cox, Robert W. Cox

Building on his seminal contributions to the field, Robert W. Cox engages with the major themes that have characterized his work over the past three decades, and the main topics which affect the globalized world at the start of the twentieth-century. This new volume by one of the world's leading critical thinkers in international political economy addresses such core issues as global civil society, power and knowledge, the covert world, multilateralism, and civilizations and world order. With an introductory essay by Michael Schechter which addresses current critiques of Coxian theory, the author enters into a stimulating dialogue with critics of his work.

Timely, provocative and original, this book is a major contribution to international political economy and is essential reading for all students and academics in the field.

Genres: International Relations

256 pages, Hardcover

First published October 28, 2002

Reviews

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Kalimat pengantarnya sedemikian menggelitik,

"In 1988, the late Susan Strange wrote that Robert Cox ‘is an eccentric in the best English sense of the word, a loner, a fugitive from intellectual camps of victory, both Marxist and liberal’. Her review of Cox’s magnum opus Power, Production and World Order: Social Forces in the Making of History (1987) was an early attempt to grasp Cox’s thinking as independent and nondogmatic, a characterization so different from all sorts of parochial critiques that tried to pin him down as Marxist (or attacking him for not being Marxist enough), neo-Gramscian (while sometimes chiding him for misreading Gramsci),Weberian, etc., or accused him of being reductionist, empiricist or eclectic. In this volume, Robert Cox , whilst not ‘shying away’ from the labels eclectic or empiricist, is most concerned with being labelled reductionist."

Langsung senyum geli saya. Bagaimana tidak? Seseorang yang bernama keluarga Strange masih bisa menyebut kolega sesama sarjana HI dari Inggris sebagai seorang eksentrik. Nampaknya, hanya kaum aneh yang bisa memahami kaum eksentrik. :D

Buku ini merupakan sebuah jawaban Cox (layaknya lagu Hati yang Luka memiliki jawaban) atas sejumlah "salah paham" dari para pengkritiknya. Jawaban itu bahkan dalam pengantar buku ini disebut sebagai Coxian Theory. Menarik untuk dibaca tuntas.