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Author O'Hagan, Jacinta.

Title Conceptualizing the West in international relations : from Spengler to Said / Jacinta O'Hagan
Published Hampshire : Palgrave, 2002

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Description ix, 292 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction: The West and Cultural World Order -- 1. The West, Civilizations and International Relations Theory -- 2. Towards a Framework for Conceptualizing the West in International Relations -- 3. Faust in the Twilight: Conceptions of the West in International Relations -- 4. The Parochial Civilization: Arnold Toynbee's Conception of the West -- 5. Universalizing the West? The Conception of the West in the Work of the 'International Society' School -- 6. History's End? Francis Fukuyama's Conception of the West -- 7. Civilizations in Conflict: Samuel Huntington's Conception of the West -- 8. The Occident and its Significant 'Other': Edward Said's West -- Conclusion: Continuities and Difference: Conceptions of the West and Cultural World Order Compared
Notes Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral-Australian National University)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-277) and index
SUBJECT Critical theory. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84709838
Subject Critical theory.
International relations -- Philosophy.
SUBJECT Western Hemisphere http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007207 -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005791
LC no. 2001058058
ISBN 0333920376