Critiques neo-liberalism and provides an alternative understanding of contemporary world politics by arguing that the neo-liberal approach to international relations is deeply flawed, reproducing violence, instability, insecurity and marginalization.

Part 1: Seductions of Empire 1. Politics of Erasure 2. Desire and Violence 3. The House of IR 4. Ontology of Fear and Property Part 2: In and Of Multiple Worlds 5. Worldism 6. Alternative Visions and Practices: Fiction and Poetry 7. Worldist Interventions in World Politics 8. A Play on Worlds

Anna M. Agathangelou is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Political Science and Women's Studies at York University, Canada and co-director of the Global Change Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus.

L.H.M. Ling is an Associate Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs at The New School, New York, USA.