James Der Derian is a Professor of International Security at the University of Sydney. HIs research and teaching interests are in international security, information technology, international theory, and documentary film.
Alexander Wendt is a Professor of Political Science at Ohio State University. He is interested in philosophical aspects of social science, with special reference to international relations.

• Preface


• 'Setting the Stage'


• Stephen Del Rosso (Carnegie Corporation of New York)


• Introduction


• 1. 'Quantum Theory: The Case for a New Human Science of International Relations'


• James Der Derian (University of Sydney, Australia) and Alexander Wendt (Ohio State University, USA)


• Part 1. History and Theory


• 2. 'First Encounters: Quantum Mechanics and the Human Sciences'


• Nicholas T. Harrington (University of Sydney, Australia)


• 3. 'Mind, Matter, and Motion: A Genealogy of Quantum Entanglement and Estrangement'


• Jayson C. Waters (University of Sydney, Australia)


• 4. 'A Quantum Temperament For Life: A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Physics'


• Jairus Victor Grove (University of Hawaii, USA)


• 5. 'A Conceptual Introduction to Quantum Theory'


• Michael Schnabel (University of Chicago, USA)


• Part 2. Science and Technology


• 6. 'The Quantum Moonshot'


• Shohini Ghose (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)


• 7. 'Climate Politics and Social Change: What can cognitive and quantum approaches offer?'


• Manjana Milkoreit and Karen O'Brien (University of Oslo, Norway)


• 8. 'These are not the droids you're looking for: Offense, Defense, and the Social Context of Quantum Cryptology'


• Jon R. Lindsay (University of Toronto, Canada)


• 9. 'Quantum Technology Hype and National Security'


• Frank L. Smith III (Naval War College, USA)


• Part 3. Quantizing IR


• 10. 'Quantum Pedagogy: Teaching Copenhagen and Discovering Affinities with Dialectical Thinking in IR'


• Thomas Biersteker (Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland)


• 11. 'The Problématique of Quantization in Social Theory: A Category-Theoretic Way


• Forward'


• Badredine Arfi (University of Florida, USA)


• 12. 'On Quantum Social Theory and Critical International Relations'


• Michael P.A. Murphy (University of Ottawa, Canada)


• 13. 'Quantum Sovereignty + Entanglement'


• Mark Salter (University of Ottawa, Canada)


• 14. 'Quantum and systems theory in world society: Not brothers and sisters but


• relatives still?'


• Mathias Albert and Felix M. Bathon (Universität Bielefeld, Germany)


• 15. 'The Value of Value: A Quantum Approach to Economics, Security and


• International Relations'


• David Orrell (Systems Forecasting, Canada)


• Part 4. Bringing the Human Back into Science


• 16. 'Introspection Redux: Incorporating Consciousness into Social Research'


• Leonardo Orlando (SciencesPo, France)


• 17. 'To "See" is to Break an Entanglement: Quantum Measurement, Trauma and


• Security'


• K.M. Fierke and Nicola Mackay


• 18. 'The Moral Failure of the Quest for Certainty'


• Laura Zanotti (Virginia Tech University, USA)

In Quantum International Relations, James Der Derian and Alexander Wendt gather rising scholars and leading experts to make the case for quantum approaches to world politics. Contributors present the core principles of quantum mechanics--entanglement, uncertainty, superposition, and the wave function--as significant catalysts and superior heuristics for an accelerating quantum future. Facing a reality which no longer corresponds to an outdated Newtonian worldview of states as billiard balls, individuals as rational actors or power as objective interest, Der Derian and Wendt issue an urgent call for a new human science of quantum International Relations.