Making Sense, Making Worlds: Constructivism in Social Theory and International Relations

ISBN-13: 9780415624169 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 230 str.

Nicholas Onuf

Opis

This collection of essays clarifies Onuf's approach to international relations and makes a decisive contribution to the debates in IR concerning theory. It embeds the theoretical project in the wider horizon of how we understand ourselves and the world.

Spis treści

Preface  Part I. Constructivism  1. Constructivism: A User’s Manual  2. Worlds of Our Making  3. Fitting Metaphors  Part II. The Metaphysics of World-Making  4. Reading Aristotle  5. Parsing Personal Identity  6. Structure, What Structure?  Part III. The Art of World-Making  7. Speaking of Policy  8. Rules in Practice  9. Friendship and Hospitality  Part IV. Making Sense of Modernity 10. Institutions, Intentions and International Relations  11. Civil Society, Global Governance  12. Alternative Visions

O autorze

Nicholas Greenwood Onuf is Professor Emeritus, Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University, Miami, and Professor Associado, Instituto de Relações Internationais, Pontifica Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.