文档介绍：Idealism and Realism in International
Relations
The essential contestability of the theories of International Relations has
remained a constant aspect of its study. Conventional accounts,
however, render debates about theory more manageable by their
tendency to roam within the boundaries established by the allegedly
timeless discourse between idealist and realist conceptualizations.
Idealism and Realism in International Relations accepts the premise
that idealism and realism form the fundamental axis of contention in the
subject. It rejects as mistaken, however, the tendency to treat these
visions as “paradigms.” Robert Crawford instead conceives them as
philosophical faultlines that do not merely divide the field but militate
against its depiction as a consolidated academic discipline. The author
argues for a revised conception of International Relations, that takes
heed of the fundamental irreconcilability of its theories while continuing
its concern with important substantive issues.
Robert . Crawford is Lecturer of Humanities and Social
Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Canada. His previous
publications include Regime Theory in the Post-Cold War World:
RethinkingNeoliberal Approaches to International Relations and
InternationalRelations—Still an American Social Science? Towards
Diversity in International Thought (co-edited with ).
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