授業科目名 年度 学期 開講曜日・時限 学部・研究科 全担当教員 単位数
12964:[2025 春セメスター]IR18‐EE341 Advanced Topics in International Relations(RA) § 12965:RUIR-3541 Advanced Topics in International Relations (GCG)(RA) § 12966:RUIR-3542 Advanced Topics in International Relations (IRGC)(RA) § 12967:RUIR-3543 Advanced Topics in International Relations (PGSCR)(RA) § 12968:IR-EAS302 Theories of International Politics(RA) 2025 春セメスター 木2 国際関係学部 安高 啓朗 2

キャンパス

衣笠

授業施設

明学館MG001号教室

授業で利用する言語

英語

授業の概要と方法

【+R-Jugyo】
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This course will challenge students to think about global issues from a critical theoretical point of view. The aim of the course is to destabilize taken-for-granted ideas and views in order to cultivate alternative thinking and practice in international relations. Teaching methodologies employed include a combination of lectures and discussion-oriented seminars; students will be expected to prepare for class through weekly readings, engage in group work, etc. Feedback on assignments will be provided via manaba+R. By studying for this course, students will be able to understand advance issues, concepts and theoretical debates in International Relations, but also be able to engage with those debates in a critical fashion.

受講生の到達目標

The students will be able to:

1. Understand advance issues, concepts and debates in International Relations.
2. Cultivate an alternative view of the world based on critical approaches and methods to international relations.
3. Demonstrate critical thinking as evidenced through both written work and group discussions.

事前に履修しておくことが望まれる科目

Theories of International Relations

授業スケジュール

授業回数/
担当教員(複数担当の場合)
テーマ
キーワード・文献・補足事項等
1

Locating Critical Perspectives in IR

what is critical about critical IR?, knowledge and power, reflexivity, rethinking “the international”

2

Critical Theory

Frankfurt School, modernity, rethinking political community

3

Poststructural Approaches

meta-theoretical critique, competing truths, discourse, Critical Geopolitics

4

Postcolonial Critique

Eurocentrism, race and empire, history beyond the West

5

International Political Theory

normative in IR, use of force, Just War Theory

6

Globalisation Revisited

mobility, neoliberalism, liquid modernity, democratic deconsolidation, populism

7

Global War on Terror

global governmentality, illiberal practices, global liberal governance

8

Border Politics

territory and space, Critical Border Studies, securitisation of migration

9

Risk, Surveillance and Security

risk, risk society, liquid surveillance, modern surveillance regimes

10

Identity Politics and Violence

identity politics, social media and tribe politics, identity and violence

11

Nations and Nationalism

nation, state, nation-state, primordialism, modernism, contemporary nationalisms

12

International Inequality and Justice

global inequality, Rawls and his critics, limits of liberal theories of justice

13

Critical IR Beyond the International

non-Western IR, post-Western IR, global IR, doing IR differently

14

Conclusion

wrapping it up

授業実施形態

This course will be conducted face-to-face unless otherwise instructed.

授業外学習の指示

Students will be expected to read either the required reading or (if you prefer) one of the recommended readings before class each week. The list of weekly required/recommended readings will be distributed via manaba+R (the "full syllabus"). Course page on manaba+R will be available once you register for the course.

成績評価方法

種別 割合(%) 評価基準等
定期試験(筆記)

レポート試験
(統一締切日を締切とするレポート)

上記以外の試験・レポート、平常点評価
(日常的な授業における取組状況の評価)
100

Mid-term Essay (30%)
* 1,500 words (including footnotes and bibliography)
Final Essay (40%)
* 2,000 words (including footnotes and bibliography)
Attendance and Participation (30%)
* Students are expected to attend each week.
* Weekly readings and other assignments will be announced in Week 1.

成績評価方法(備考)

受講および研究に関するアドバイス

English/Japanese will be acceptable in oral communication/ mail communication/ communication paper.

教科書

教科書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考書

書名 著者 出版社 ISBNコード 備考
International Relations Theory Today, 2nd ed. Ken Booth and Toni Erskine, eds. Polity 978-0745671215
Global Politics: A New Introduction, 3rd ed. Jenny Edkins and Maja Zehfuss, eds. Routledge 978-1138060296
International Relations from the Global South: Worlds of Difference Arlene B. Tickner and Karen Smith, eds. Routledge 978-1138799103
Critical Security Studies: An Introduction. 3rd ed. Columba Peoples and Nick Vaughan-Williams Routledge 978-0367224257
Theories of International Relations. 6th ed. Richard Devetak and Jacqui True, eds. Bloomsbury 978-1352012149

参考書(使用頻度、その他補足)

参考になるwwwページ

授業内外における学生・教員間のコミュニケーションの方法

コミュニケーションペーパー,manaba+R,学生との直接対話

備考

【科目ナンバリング・カリキュラムマップはこちらから/Click here to see the Curriculum-Map and Course-Numbering】
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