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A social theory for international relations : an appraisal of Alexander Wendt's theoretical and disciplinary synthesisGuzzini, Stefano ; Leander, AnnaThe article argues that Alexander Wendt's Social Theory of International Politics is unusual mix of orthodoxy in terms of discipline-identity and heterodoxy in terms of the theory that should fill it ... out. Wendt is consciously staying within the identity-defining parameters of the discipline, including its reference to states as the main organising principle and unitary intentional actor, to more legitimately undermine his two main theoretical targets, methodological and ontological individualism, as well as materialism. He achieves this not by simply rejecting the other positions but by gathering, synthesising, indeed some times "assimilating" apparently antagonistic meta theoretical and theoretical positions within his wider constructivist framework. The risk of this strategy is that, by openly endorsing the language of the old borders, Wendt's grand opening synthesis can become hijacked by this orthodoxy: his theory must reproduce it. He updates the self-understanding of the discipline exactly at a time when it is again challenged. Through his statist theory, he reproduces the embedded understanding of politics of a narrowly defined international society - which might look out of touch with world politics. In other words, his synthesis, as opening and challenging as it is within International Relations, runs the risk of reifying an increasingly historical stage of both the discipline and international politics.Source: Journal of international relations and development. - ISSN 1408-6980 (Vol. 4, no. 4, Dec. 2001, str. 316-338, 436, 439)Type of material - article, component partPublish date - 2001Language - englishCOBISS.SI-ID - 117048064
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Guzzini, Stefano |
Leander, Anna
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mednarodni odnosi |
teorija mednarodnih odnosov |
Alexander Wendt |
konstruktivizem |
materializem |
idealizem |
državocentričnost |
international relations |
theory of international relations |
Alexander Wendt |
constructivism |
materialism |
idealism |
statism |
statism
source: Journal of international relations and development. - ISSN 1408-6980 (Vol. 4, no. 4, Dec. 2001, str. 316-338, 436, 439)
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