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  • 7 - Material Conditions

  • from Part III - Deep Pluralism
  • Barry Buzan, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Book:
    Making Global Society
    Published online:
    27 July 2023
    Print publication:
    10 August 2023, pp 337-348

  • Summary

    The chapter begins the look ahead that is framed in terms of ’deep pluralism’. It surveys the material conditions likely to shape the future, seeing a lot of continuity in the general availablility of a cornucopia of materials and energy, but transformational potentials in digital technology, biotechnology and the falling cost of access to space.

Making Global Society
  • A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras
  • Barry Buzan
  • Published online:
    27 July 2023
    Print publication:
    10 August 2023
  • Barry Buzan proposes a new approach to making International Relations a truly global discipline that transcends both Eurocentrism and comparative civilisations. He narrates the story of humankind as a whole across three eras, using its material conditions and social structures to show how global society has evolved. Deploying the English School's idea of primary institutions and setting their story across three domains - interpolity, transnational and interhuman - this book conveys a living historical sense of the human story whilst avoiding the overabstraction of many social science grand theories. Buzan sharpens the familiar story of three main eras in human history with the novel idea that these eras are separated by turbulent periods of transition. This device enables a radical retelling of how modernity emerged from the late 18th century. He shows how the concept of 'global society' can build bridges connecting International Relations, Global Historical Sociology and Global/World History.

  • 1 - Introduction

  • Barry Buzan, London School of Economics and Political Science, Amitav Acharya, American University, Washington DC
  • Book:
    Re-imagining International Relations
    Published online:
    02 December 2021
    Print publication:
    09 December 2021, pp 1-12

  • Summary

    This chapter explains why it is worth studying the thinking and practice of international relations and world order in three pre-modern civilizations. It argues that the end of the era of Western dominance is now happening, and these three cultures are becoming more powerful and influential in IR as the West declines. It is therefore important to know what they will bring to the table. IR grew up in the period of Western dominance but now needs to become more global in its sources.