Reassembling International Theory

1. Front Matter

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2. Assemblage Thinking and International Relations

   1. Assemblage Thinking and International Relations

      • Michele Acuto, Simon Curtis

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3. Theories of Assemblage

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The Carpenter and the Bricoleur

      • Saskia Sassen, Aihwa Ong

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   3. Tracing Global Assemblages, Bringing Bourdieu to the Field

      • Rita Abrahamsen, Michael Williams

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   4. Assemblages and the Conduct of Inquiry

      • Stephen J. Collier

      Pages 32-38

4. Ontologies of Assemblage

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Cognitive Assemblages and the Production of Knowledge

      • Nick Srnicek

      Pages 40-47

   3. Global Assemblages and Structural Models of International Relations

      • Olaf Corry

      Pages 48-56

5. Methods of Assemblage

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Thinking Assemblages Methodologically: Some Rules of Thumb

      • Christian Bueger

      Pages 58-66

   3. Energizing the International

      • Debbie Lisle

      Pages 67-74

   4. Visual Assemblages: From Causality to Conditions of Possibility

      • Roland Bleiker

      Pages 75-81

6. Materialities of Assemblage

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Security in Action: How John Dewey Can Help Us Follow the Production of Security Assemblages

      • Peer Schouten

      Pages 83-90

   3. Welcome to the Machine: Rethinking Technology and Society through Assemblage Theory

      • Antoine Bousquet

      Pages 91-97

7. Politics of Assemblage

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The Onto-Politics of Assemblages

      • David Chandler

      Pages 99-105

   3. Agencement and Traces: A Politics of Ephemeral Theorizing

      • Xavier Guillaume

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   4. The Assemblage and the Intellectual-as-Hero

      • Mark B. Salter

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What can 'assemblage' thinking contribute to the study of international relations theory? This study seeks to investigate how the various debates on assemblages in social theory can contribute to generating critical considerations on the connections and dissociation of political agency, physical world and international dynamics.

• Assemblage
• International Relations Theory
• Networks
• Actor Network Theory
• international relations
• methods
• Nation
• politics
• social theory

• Global Networks and Diplomacy, University College London, UK

  Michele Acuto

• International Politics, University of East Anglia, UK

  Simon Curtis

Rita Abrahamsen, University of Ottawa, Canada Roland Bleiker, University of Queensland, Australia Antoine Bousquet, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. Christian Bueger, Cardiff University, UK David Chandler, University of Westminster, UK Stephen Collier, New School, USA Olaf Corry, Open University, UK Xavier Guillaume, University of Edinburgh, UK Graham Harman, The American University, Cairo Debbie Lisle, Queen's University Belfast, UK Maximilian Mayer, Bonn University, Germany Aihwa Ong, University of California, Berkeley, USA Mark Salter, University of Ottawa, Canada Saskia Sassen Columbia University, USA Peer Schouten, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Nick Srnicek, London School of Economics, UK Michael Williams, University of Ottawa, Canada

Policies and ethics