Pragmatism's contributions to international relations

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ID12240656
AutoresJohn Kaag (University of Massachusetts Lowell), Sarah E Krep (0000-0002-0924-4234, Cornell University), Sarah Kreps
Año2012
Volumen25
Número2
Páginas191-208
Fecha de publicación2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCambridge Review of International Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0955-7571 • E-ISSN: 1474-449X
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09557571.2012.678297
OpenAlexW2056834130
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas27

This article examines the methodological and substantive contributions that pragmatism stands to make in the field of international relations (IR) theory. The methodological advantages that pragmatism offers have been described by many scholars in recent years, but the substantive contributions that classical American pragmatists (1870–1930) made to the study of international order have been largely overlooked. It suggests that a careful reading of this philosophical canon, particularly the writings of Charles Sanders Peirce and Josiah Royce, will provide important resources for today's IR theorist. Notes 1 See also Hoffmann (Citation1995). 2 Carr, of course, was sceptical that an international institution such as the League of Nations could prevent the outbreak of war. See The twenty years' crisis (1946). 3 We would like to thank one of the anonymous reviewers for the Cambridge Review of International Affairs for bringing this important difference between Kant and Royce to our attention. 4 To this effect, Royce writes, 'This new enterprise would involve no essentially new type of insurance. It would be based upon international needs which are already recognized, which have already created certain very successful corporations, which actually do an international business. To make these already existing types of insurance international in my present sense, only the explicit recognition of a suitable international organ is necessary' (Royce Citation1916, 68). 5 For an overview of this literature, see Baldwin (Citation1996)

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