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History & international relations

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This book is a major contribution to the debate about philosophy and method in history and international relations. The author analyses IR scholarship from classical realism to quantitative and postmodern work.

Author(s): Thomas W. Smith
Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1999

Language: English
Pages: 231
Tags: Международные отношения;Международные отношения;История международных отношений;

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
The historical problem in international relations......Page 18
History, contingency, and the roots of realism:......Page 44
History, analogy, and policy realism:......Page 72
The poverty of ahistoricism:......Page 103
~The importance of being scientific~:......Page 130
Exit from history? Postmodern international relations......Page 159
Conclusion: history, skepticism, and the recovery of theory......Page 190
Notes......Page 202
References......Page 207
Index......Page 229