Politics 272: Critical Interventions in IR Theory and Global Political EconomySyllabusWeek 3. Feminist InterventionsWeek 6. Realism as IdealismPolitics 272: Critical Interventions in IR Theory and Global Political EconomyInstructor: Ronnie LipschutzThis seminar examines selections from the canonical literature in international relations theory and global political economy through a number of critical lenses, including constructivist, feminist, historical materialist, and subaltern approaches. Students will be required to prepare in-class presentations on assigned materials, to write weekly critical commentary on readings, and to prepare a 10-page prospectus for a research paper.SyllabusWeek 1. Genealogies: The Canonical and the CriticalThucydides, The Pelopoennesian WarNico Machiavelli, The Prince R.B.J. Walker, Inside/OutsideSmith, Steve (1995) 'The Self-Images of a Discipline: A Genealogy of International Relations Theory', in Ken Booth and Steve Smith (eds) International Relations Theory Today. Cambridge: Polity Press.Week 2. Divergences: Liberalism, Political and EconomicImmanuel Kant, Perpetual PeaceAdam Smith, Wealth of NationsKarl Marx & Friedrich Engels, The German IdeologyStephen Gill, Gramsci, Historical Materialism and International Relations.Week 3. Feminist InterventionsKenneth Waltz, Man, the State, and WarChristine Sylvester, Feminist International RelationsV. Spike Peterson, A Critical Rewriting of Global Political EconomyWeek 4. Imprisonment and EmancipationThomas Hobbes, LeviathanCarl Schmitt, Political TheologyGiogio Agamben, Homo SacerWeek 5. State, System, HistoricityHedley Bull, The Anarchical SocietyAlexander Wendt, Social Theory of International PoliticsJustin Rosenberg, The Empire of Civil SocietySandra Halperin, War and Social Change in Modern EuropeWeek 6. Realism as IdealismE.H. Carr, The 20 Years CrisisHans Morgenthau, Politics Among NationsAyoob, Mohammed (2002),” Inequality and Theorizing in International Relations: The Case for Subaltern Realism,” International Studies Review 4 (3), 27-48.Week 7. Views from Othered PlacesMichael Shapiro, For Moral AmbiguityNevzat Soguk, States and StrangersUma Narayan, Dislocating CulturesWeek 8. In/securities/inside/outsideDavid Campbell, Writing SecurityJames Der Derian, Virtuous WarMohammed Ayoob, The Third World Security PredicamentWeek 9. De/constructionIdo Oren, Our Enemies and UsJutta Weldes, Constructing National IdentitiesWilliam Connelly, Identity/DifferenceWeek 10. ImperiumJohn Locke, Two Treatises of GovernmentEllen M. Wood, Empire of CapitalNeal Stephenson, Snow