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The politics of international relations: building bridges and the quest for relevance
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Abstract In International Relations (IR), as in other social science disciplines, the desire to be current and progressive is both powerful and understandable. Indeed IR as a discipline needs to continually evolve and adapt if it is to be relevant. Yet this natural quest should also include building bridges,... view more
In International Relations (IR), as in other social science disciplines, the desire to be current and progressive is both powerful and understandable. Indeed IR as a discipline needs to continually evolve and adapt if it is to be relevant. Yet this natural quest should also include building bridges, where context, perspective and a melding of key past scholarship and current promising endeavors produce true analytical insights. A mere rush to the future where past achievements are ignored or walled off, or where methodology is more about ends than means could undermine the vast potential of an across-the-field discipline that should understand and respect the long arc of history and scholarship. It should behoove us then to be inclusive while skeptical, and appreciate both the benefits and limits of the various approaches whether it is classical realism, neo-realism, liberalism, constructivism or the multiple modernist and post-modernist scholarly endeavors. And throughout we would also benefit from a certain modesty in our scholarly claims as we acknowledge the disparity between our aspirations and achievements.... view less
Keywords
realism; neorealism; liberalism; constructivism; peace research; international relations; modernity; postmodernism; science
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Philosophy of Science, Theory of Science, Methodology, Ethics of the Social Sciences
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 557-566
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 15 (2015) 4
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works