The modern discipline of International Relations IR is largely an AngloAmerican social science. It has been concerned mainly with the powerful statesand actors ... » 

The modern discipline of International Relations IR is largely an AngloAmerican social science. It has been concerned mainly with the powerful statesand actors in the global political economy and dominated by North American andEuropean scholars. However this focus can be seen as Eurocentrism.Decolonizing International Relations exposes the ways in which IR hasconsistently ignored questions of colonialism imperialism race slavery anddispossession in the nonEuropean world. Critical scholars in IR andinternational law concerned with the need to decolonize knowledge haveauthored the chapters of this important volume. It will appeal to students andscholars of international relations international law and political economyas well as those with a special interest in the politics of knowledgepostcolonial critique international and regional historiography andcomparative politics. «