International Relations Between Realism And Post-Humanity
June 19, 2018
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By Dr. Salam AL Rabadi
International relations is casting a spotlight on the thorny topics and problems dealing with human life and his future in the fields of security, politics, economy, knowledge and culture, that reflect the reality of global variables associated with a range of strategic themes in political science. Accordingly, it becomes clear that the world is going through a period of transition in all contemporary global issues which it is related to the following areas:- Effects of Technological Progress. Judging from these problematics and dialectics we can say that the new global challenges made from a holistic concept of security and multi-dimensional and closer to human life. Thus security is no longer measured by the reduction of threats but the extent to respond to the basic needs of the human being "Human Security". Therefore, if all of these global transformations require extra effort on the theoretical level:Do we need a new intellectual pattern in the context of the philosophical approach that explains international relations?
- Limits of military power.
- Energy and Natural Resources.
- Demography and Immigration.
- Cultural Evolution and Terrorism.
- Influence of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- Poverty, Human Rights and Sustainable Development.
- Global Governance, Issues the Environment and Climate Change.
These issues make us wonder about dialectic theoretical reality that try to explain international relations, also all the changes at the global level raises controversial and doubts about "realism theory" in political science. Accordingly, the new challenges in the era of globalization lies in the following questions: 1- Is there an intellectual vacuum at theoretical level in international relations? 2- Do the state is still only able to determine international relations? 3- Can this emerging reality be analyzed by relying only on tangible physical force? Or must also focus and the inclusion of cultural aspects in the analysis? From the perspective of the reality of the theoretical question that explains the issues of the world can not be limited to the debate about the features of this new format but also that the real challenge lies in the following dialectics: 1- How and what are the ways to cope with this new patterns? 2- Can the theory of realism in international relations answer to all of these problematics? For example: - How can we put an end to the violation of nature resources which may permanently eliminates the possibilities of sustainable development without a cultural contract? - What are the ways that we have to face the moral requirements which include a general framework of human security?
In 21st Century reconsidered in the constants in all matters relating to society and history and human values, and there are many theories that attempt to fill the ideological vacuum of the contemporary world including:
1- Theory of the End of History.
2- Theory of the Clash of Civilizations.
3- Postmodern Theory.
But it may be the most dangerous of these theories which is called the: Theory Post-Humanity. Where in the near future will be our humanity in confront a lot of moral choices crucial in the field of genetic engineering especially the "biotechnology”, we have entered the stage of revolutionary development in the field of biology, which will result in a drastic basically allows to change human nature, to get into historical period have radical impacts in society, ethics, economy, politics and culture. In the future we are in front of world: " Post-Humanity “, that it will be characterized by the existence of many of the social conflicts. Where, there is no place for concept the "common humanity", and we will not know what the meaning of humanity. In this context, problematic related to the dialectical relationship between Human and Technology will emerge and take shape. In light of the foregoing, if the human aspiration is the emergence of coordinated values that govern the behavior of society and institutions, this requires without opening room for doubt to put many question marks about the following: 1- Will the issue of values and ethical transformations be at the forefront of current and future intellectual questions? 2- Is there an urgent need in international relations to rely on cultural factors as an influential force in dealing with global issues, whether at the level of interpretation or finding solutions?Share this article
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