The Politics of Time in International Relations

Bertrand, Sarah; Goettlich, Kerry; Murray, Christopher

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“…68 Overall, the number of works focusing specifically on the linguistic aspect of Anglo-American domination of the IR discipline are few, even though the reality of an English hegemony has been clearly acknowledged in an editorial piece. 69 The rare exceptions include Akyesilmen and Ishmeal, who examine the use of language in the ongoing overemphasis on Anglo-American and Eurocentric concepts in IR, 70 and Pellerin, who compares French and English conceptualisations 60 Kimberly Hutchings, 'Doing epistemic justice in International Relations: Women and the history of international of a critical IR term, globalisation, to show how languages -and therefore perspectives -differ and thus demand a rethinking of IR as a universal body of knowledge. 71 Steffek and Lasshof analyse citation patterns in the leading German-language IR journal, Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, to show that even when writing in German, the majority of the works cited are in English.…”

Section: Linguistic Dependency In the Social Sciencesmentioning

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Exposing linguistic imperialism: Why global IR has to be multilingual

Aydinli,

Aydinli

2024

Rev. Int. Stud.

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A key feature of the long-observed ‘core’ hegemony in International Relations (IR) is a linguistic one, yet it remains the least explored and confronted, with even today’s ‘Global IR’ discussion unquestioningly taking place in English. However, the non-English IR world is demographically and intellectually immense, and global IR cannot afford to ignore it. This study argues that English dominance in IR knowledge production and dissemination is a pillar of a dependent relationship between an English-speaking core and a non-English periphery. It further argues that this linguistic unilateralism, through assimilation, is structurally homogenising, and impedes the periphery’s original contribution potential in an imperialistic manner. This study examines 135 journals from 39 countries in the linguistic periphery to assess the degree and nature of English dominance in them. It explores the relationship between publication language and ranking and analyses citations to understand whether language matters for being cited in the core. We conclude with recommendations for institutions, individuals, and knowledge outlets, including a call for greater multilingualism, which – though a possible risk for parochialism and provincialism – is necessary for periphery concept development and incorporation into a broadened ‘core’, and a necessary stage to curbing the imperialistic impact of linguistic unilateralism and encouraging a genuine globalisation of IR.

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Section: Linguistic Dependency In the Social Sciencesmentioning

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Exposing linguistic imperialism: Why global IR has to be multilingual

Aydinli,

Aydinli

2024

Rev. Int. Stud.

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“…29-55). And, in International Relations, considerable recent work has gone into unpacking the temporal dimensions of global politics, evidenced in recent edited collections (Hom et al 2016;Agathangelou and Killian 2016b); special issues (Bertrand et al 2018); monographs (Jarvis 2009;Hutchings 2013;Stevens 2016;Hom 2020), andarticle contributions (e.g. Hutchings 2007;Hom 2010Hom , 2018.…”

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Constructing the coronavirus crisis: narratives of time in British political discourse on COVID-19

Jarvis

2021

Br Polit

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This article explores the importance of constructions of temporality within the UK government's discourse on the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis across the first six months of 2020. Drawing on over 120 official texts, it traces the emergence of discontinuous, linear, and cyclical conceptions of time in representations of the virus' pasts, presents, and futures. Three arguments are made. First, constructions of temporality were fundamental to the social, political, and historical positioning of the virus. Second, these constructions were constitutively important in producing, explaining, justifying and celebrating the UK government's response to the virus. And, third, tensions and inconsistencies between these constructions of temporality highlight the contingent, and constructed, character of official discourse, pulling into question the inevitability of the UK's response and opening opportunity for critical intervention.

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Temporality in the United Nations 2030 Agenda: development or rupture?

Telleria

2024

Futures

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The Politics of Time in International Relations

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Exposing linguistic imperialism: Why global IR has to be multilingual

Exposing linguistic imperialism: Why global IR has to be multilingual

Constructing the coronavirus crisis: narratives of time in British political discourse on COVID-19

Temporality in the United Nations 2030 Agenda: development or rupture?

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