Me and the Other in International Relations
An Alternative Pluralist International Relations 101
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12757694 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amir Lupovici (0000-0001-7580-065X, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 235-254 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1528-3577 • E-ISSN: 1528-3585 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1528-3585.2012.00473.x |
| OpenAlex | W2088710961 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 71 |
A gap is currently growing between the rich theories in International Relations (IR) and how they are presented in classrooms. Although the scholarly literature acknowledges the complexities of international relations, these notions are not fully integrated into IR courses, especially at the introductory level. I assert that teaching IR through the framework of relations between different me(s) and other(s) would address this problem. In short, I claim that international relations are almost by definition about interactions between a me and an other. Acknowledging this fact will allow us to sharpen a number of important issues and questions in world politics concerning the me(s) (for example, states, ethnic groups, IGOs, NGOs, transnational communities) and their relevant other(s). I contend that this approach helps to capture the multiplicity of actors, interactions, and practices in IR, and to better connect them to the theories in the field. I further suggest that this approach not only provides a fruitful method for teaching IR, but it also allows scholars (and students) to rethink and reflect on the field
Epistemology · Ethnic group · Field (mathematics · International relations · International relations theory · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Mathematics · Political Conflict and Governance
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The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations
International Relations and Historical Sociology
International Relations Scholarship Around the World
Activists beyond Borders
Psychological Explanations of International Conflict
Perception and Misperception in International Politics
Identity, Interest and Action
Introduction
Culture and Security
Social Theory of International Politics
The Globalization of World Politics
Neoclassical Realism, the State, and Foreign Policy
International Theory
World Cities in a World-System
The rise and fall of the inter-paradigm debate
Explaining the Breakdown of Ethnic Relations
Collective Memory, National Identity, and Ethnic Conflict
Strategies for Research in Constructivist International Relations
Civilizations in World Politics
Identity, Interest and Action
Experiencing Globalization
Evaluating Hypotheses about Active Learning
Making and Remaking the World for IR 101
Starving for Knowledge
Limiting the Social
Nato enlargement
The Little Mermaid's Silent Security Dilemma and the Absence of Gender in the Copenhagen School
Regionalization, Globalization, and Nationalism
Constructivist methods
The ‘I’ in IR
The Promise of Constructivism in International Relations Theory
The Web of World Politics
The Republican Legacy in International Thought
Explaining and understanding international relations
Strategy and Ethnocentrism
On the State of the IR Art
The Sociology of a Not So International Discipline
The CNN effect
Writing security
Activists beyond borders
The Level-of-Analysis Problem in International Relations
The Constructive Turn in International Relations Theory
Why “isms” Are Evil
The ‘Magnificent Fraud’
What Makes the World Hang Together? Neo-utilitarianism and the Social Constructivist Challenge
The Logic of Practicality
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Transnational Norms and Military Development
Ontological Security in World Politics
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2022 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |