Otherness, Canonicity and Comparative Political Theory.

The author argues for different methodological preferences for Comparative Political Theory (CPT), a subfield of political theory started by some of the leading political theorists in North America. He describes the need to adopt comparative theorizing because ideas about the Self are usually shaped as a result of an encounter with the Other. He also cites the most basic difference of his work with the mainstream works of CPT and criticizes CPT that is based on the centrality of globalization.