Taking a broadly interdisciplinary approach, this book provides a unique angle on the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for global theory and practice.
The book bridges two important debates regarding the relevance of quantum theory to the social sciences, and the pressing need for a more global international relations (IR). It brings the parallels between quantum physics and ancient Asian traditions - Daoism, Buddhism and Hinduism - to an investigation of mind, action and strategy in conditions of radical uncertainty.
Engaging with both theory and real-world problems, including climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and economic and racial inequality, this book explores what it might mean to successfully navigate the potentials of a post-pandemic world.

Karin M. Fierke is a Professor in the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews.

Introductions:
Repositioning the Apparatus
Getting to Know the Apparatus
SECTION I: Impermanence
1. Self/No-Self
2. Mind/ No-Mind
SECTION II: Complementarity and Yinyang
3. Action/No Action
4. War/No War
SECTION III: Entanglement and Karma
5. Navigating a Participatory Universe
6. What Goes Around Comes Around
Endings/Beginnings:
At Home in the Universe