Platonic metaphysics and the ontology of international relations
A sketch
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4445381 |
|---|---|
| Authors | King-Ho Leung (0000-0001-5551-7865, University of St Andrews, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 176-191 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00471178211021493 |
| OpenAlex | W3167782767 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article offers a reading of Plato in light of the recent debates concerning the unique 'ontology' of International Relations (IR) as an academic discipline. In particular, this article suggests that Plato's metaphysical account of the integral connection between human individual, the domestic state and world order can offer IR an alternative outlook to the 'political scientific' schema of 'levels of analysis'. This article argues that Plato's metaphysical conception of world order can not only provide IR theory with a way to re-imagine the relation between the human, the state and world order, but also Plato's outlook can highlight or even call into question the post-metaphysical presuppositions of contemporary IR theory in its 'borrowed ontology' from modern social science, which can in turn facilitate IR's re-interpretation of its own 'ontology' as well as its distinct contributions to the understanding of the various aspects of the social world and human life
Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Metaphysics · Ontology · Political science · Politics · Presupposition · Schema (genetic algorithms) · Sketch · Sociology · Computer Science · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |