Beyond IR? Relationality, complementarity and entangled systems: response to Shih Chih-yu, ‘The mission of relational IR and the translation of the Chinese relational school’

Karin Marie Fierke

doi:10.1057/s41311-024-00596-3

Beyond IR? Relationality, complementarity and entangled systems: response to Shih Chih-yu, ‘The mission of relational IR and the translation of the Chinese relational school’

Karin Marie Fierke^*

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School of International Relations

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This contribution revisits Shih's mission of relational IR and the Chinese relational school from the perspective of the parallel between quantum physics and ancient Asian philosophies, such as Buddhism and Daoism, asking questions about the significance of relational IR as a contradiction or complementarity, the nature of relational systems, and the role of conversation and translation in an unfolding world. It concludes with a reflection on time, memory and emotion as it relates to a past of empire.

Original language	English
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Politics
Volume	Early View
Early online date	15 Jul 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/s41311-024-00596-3
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 15 Jul 2024

Keywords

Quantum social theory
Daoism
Buddhism
Relationality
Complementarity
Entanglement

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