Asks how, why and to what ends humans appear in international relations theories and how this makes us interpret world politics.

Introduction: human being(s) in international relations Daniel Jacobi and Annette Freyberg-Inan; Part I. International Political Anthropology: 1. Between fear and despair: human nature in realism Annette Freyberg-Inan; 2. 'Human nature' and the paradoxical order of liberalism Stephen J. Rosow; 3. Disciplining human nature: the evolution of American social scientific theorizing Jennifer Sterling-Folker and Jason F. Charrette; 4. The Marxist perspective from 'species-being' to natural justice Chris Brown; 5. In biology we trust: biopolitical science and the elusive self Duncan Bell; 6. Greeks, neuroscience, and international relations Richard Ned Lebow; 7. Constructivism, realism, and the variety of human natures Samuel Barkin; 8. Feminism and the figure of Man Elisabeth Prügl; Part II. International Political Post-Anthropology: 9. Realism, agency, and the politics of nature Colin Wight; 10. A global human condition Mauro J. Caraccioli; 11. Imagining man - forgetting society? Benjamin Herborth; 12. On the social (re)construction of the human in world politics Daniel Jacobi; 13. Observing visions of man Oliver Kessler; 14. Who is acting in international relations? Jan-Hendrik Passoth and Nicholas J. Rowland; Conclusion: toward an International Political (Post-)Anthropology Annette Freyberg-Inan and Daniel Jacobi.