International Relations Theory and East Asian History

An Overview

Bibliographic Data

ID12847377
AuthorsDavid C Kang (0000-0002-5685-3841, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume13
Issue2
Pages181-205
Publication date2013-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of East Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1598-2408 • E-ISSN: 2234-6643
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1598240800003908
OpenAlexW2321633124
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited73

Long understudied by mainstream international relations (IR) scholars, the East Asian historical experience provides an enormous wealth of patterns and findings, which promise to enrich our IR theoretical literature largely derived from and knowledgeable about the Western experience. The intellectual contributions of this emerging scholarship have the potential to influence some of the most central questions in international relations: the nature of the state, the formation of state preferences, and the interplay between material and ideational factors. Researching historical East Asia provides an opportunity to seek out genuine comparisons of international systems and their foundational components. This introduction surveys the field and sets out to frame debate and the intellectual terms of inquiry to assess progress and guide future research. Theoretically, the essays in this issue provide insights on the emerging literature on hierarchy in international relations, and move beyond simplistic assertions that power “matters” to explore the interplay of material and ideational causal factors. Methodologically, scholars are no longer treating all East Asian history as simply one case, while also becoming more careful to avoid selection bias by avoiding choosing selective evidence from the rich historical record. Collectively, the empirical cases discussed in this volume span centuries of history, include a wide variety of political actors across East Asia, and represent an exciting wave of new scholarship

China · East Asia · Economics · Epistemology · International relations · International relations theory · Mainstream · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Variety (cybernetics · Asian Studies and History · Chinese history and philosophy · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law

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