Contents

pp v-vi

List of Abbreviations

pp vii-viii

Notes on Contributors

pp ix-x

Acknowledgements

pp xi-xii

Introduction: The Rise of China and Its Challenges to International Relations Theory

pp 1-20

PART I - Theorizing China’s Rise: Beyond Eurocentric Knowledge Production

pp 21-22

1 - Putting China in the World: From Universal Theory to Contextual Theorizing

pp 23-41

2 - Heart and Soul for World Politics: Advaita Monism and Daoist Trialectics in International Relations

pp 42-61

3 - What Can Guanxi International Relations Be About?

pp 62-82

4 - Friendly Rise? China, the West and the Ontology of Relations

pp 83-101

5 - Re-Worlding the ‘West’ in Post-Western International Relations: The ‘Theory Migrant’ of Tianxia in the Anglosphere

pp 102-122

PART II - Theorizing China’s Rise: Critical Reflection on Mainstream Frameworks

pp 123-124

6 - China in the International Order: A Contributor or a Challenger?

pp 125-144

7 - China’s Rise in English School Perspective

pp 145-167

8 - Deconstructing the Established Westphalian Architecture in Light of China’s Rise

pp 168-189

9 - Sino-capitalism’s Dialectical Processes and International Relations Theory

pp 190-209

10 - China’s Rise as Holographic Transition: A Relational Challenge to International Relations’ Newtonian Ontology

pp 210-233

Epilogue: Towards International Relations beyond Binaries

pp 234-244

Index

pp 245-253