PS 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: International Relations Theory, International Relations, Thomas Hobbes
13 Nov 2018
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Brief review of international relations theory of the middle east approaches. The starting point: anarchy (the security dilemma) and order. Grozian (on the law of war and peace: three books, 1628) Kantian (perpetual peace: a philosophical sketch, 1795) International relations theory and the middle east: the international system as an originally european, then western, system, globalization and the growth of transnational non-state actors, international relations theory barely exists outside the anglophone countries [holsti k. J. , 1985, the dividing discipline: hegemony and diversity in international theory, Boston: allen, p. 127] (western) international relations theory vs middle east experts (anthropology) Focus on diplomacy and bureaucracy on one country or on the region during a period of time. Weaknesses: it can imply history explains the present, and overemphasize continuity over breaks; limits comparisons; and it is conservative: the point is not really if history, but which history": realism. States as essential and sufficient units (monoliths, politically and legally)
