Fränze Wilhelm | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Once considered a question of an international order based on consolidated



statehood and homogeneous social communities within national borders, global



order has become a question of alternative political articulations, resistance



movements, and cultural diversity, among others. This book first critically



analyzes the conditions for the struggles of theorizing global normative order in



political and IR theory. Second, to make sense of the presence of difference and



possibility for global normative order in view of the simultaneous absence of first



foundations, the study draws on post-foundational thinking based on the seminal



work of German philosopher Martin Heidegger and Argentine political theorist



Ernesto Laclau. Finally, the author develops a theoretical framework for a



hauntological approach to global normative order that provides an alternative



and theoretically coherent explanation for the emergence of global order. This is



of interest to scholars as well as practitioners (including activists) concerned with



global social relations, global political discourse, and the construction of global



identity and normative order(s).