文档介绍：HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS
What are the lessons of history for the study of international politics? Do
international relations scholars twist history? Are historians antiquarians?
This book is a major contribution to the debate about philosophy and method
in history and international relations. Thomas draws on insights from
historiographic theory and analyzes international relations scholarship from
classical realism to structural, quantitative, and postmodernist work. The study
highlights often licentious historical methods in international relations, as well as
convergence between the disciplines in style, method, and paradigmatic focus.
Topics covered include:
• interpretation and the politics of history;
• anecdotalism, selection bias, and theoretical filtering;
• use and abuse of history in foreign policy;
• structural and quantitative history;
• postmodernist history and politics;
• historical skepticism and international relations theory.
Smith argues that much of international relations—in theory and practice —rests
on narrow and often deterministic readings of history. He shows how historical
construction and interpretation chip away at scientific renderings of international
politics. This skeptical view of history illuminates international relations as a realm
of contingency and moral choice.
Thomas is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Koç
University, Istanbul.
ROUTLEDGE ADVANCES IN INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS AND POLITICS
1 FOREIGN POLICY AND DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
France, Britain and Europe
Henrik Larsen
2 AGENCY, STRUCTURE AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
From ontology to empirical enquiry
Gil Friedman and Harvey Starr
3 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF REGIONAL COOPERATION IN THE
MIDDLE EAST
Ali Carkoglu, Mine Eder, Kemal Kirisci
4 PEACE MAINTENANCE
The evolution of international political authority
Jarat Chopra
5 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY
Breaking down boundaries
Ste