Culture and International Society: Constructivist Theories of International Relations

Author: Qin Yaqing
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: The purpose of this book is to provide international relations researchers with a relatively complete map of mainstream constructivism. Therefore, we analyze Onuf, Katzenstein, Wirtz, Ruggie, Katzenstein, and Jiang Yiyun. "Mainstream" refers to theories that acknowledge that social theory can explain social facts and understand social meaning, theories that prioritize "establishment." They proposed and developed these theories to enable people to gain a deeper understanding of the world of international relations and comprehend the meaning of world politics. If using Ruggie's classification method, it mainly includes neoclassical constructivism and natural constructivism. At the same time, many international relations researchers, both Chinese and foreign, do not have a basic or systematic understanding of these theories. The influence of critical constructivism and postmodern constructivism theories is significant, and mainstream constructivism has also borrowed ideas from critical theory and postmodern constructivism in many important aspects. The arguments of Ashley and Dainian are highly critical of mainstream international relations theories. Without their theories, the constructivist map would still not be considered complete. Therefore, this book does not provide a comprehensive review of constructivist international relations theories. Our purpose is to depict a relatively complete map of mainstream constructivist theories.