The Humanisation of Global Politics

by Sassan Gholiagha

Overview

This book observes a growing humanisation of global politics relating to the appearance of individual human beings in discourses of global politics. It identifies a mismatch concerning International Relations theory and International Law and the study of the humanisation of global politics. To overcome this mismatch, Sassan Gholiagha proposes a novel theoretical framework based on feminist and constructivist International Relations theory and non-statist theories of International Law scholarship. The book applies this interdisciplinary framework together with an interpretative analytical framework to three cases: the discourse on prosecution, studying international criminal law and the work of the International Criminal Court; the discourse on protection, focusing on the Responsibility to Protect; and the use of drones in targeted killing operations. Drawing on these case studies and the frameworks, the book identifies how individual human beings as participants in global politics position themselves and are positioned by others in these various discourses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108830140
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/01/2022
Series:	Studies on International Courts and Tribunals
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.22(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

Sassan Gholiagha holds a PhD (summa cum laude) from the University of Hamburg. Having worked at the University of Hamburg, the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, and the Institute for International Relations at the Technical University Braunschweig, he currently is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the European New School of Digital Studies (European University Viadrina), Frankfurt/Oder (Germany).

Table of Contents

Part I. The humanisation of global politics: Part II. Humanisation in IR theory and international law: Part III. The social construction of the individual human being – A conceptual and a theoretical framework: Part IV. Guilty and innocent: the individual human being in international criminal law: Part V. Heuristics and positions: a framework for analysing discourses of humanisation: Part VI. Protecting the individual human being from mass atrocities: Part VII. Killing the individual human being via drones: Part VIII. The individual human being as a theoretical category – A conclusion and an outlook.