Alexander Wendt and the English school

Suganami, Hidemi (author)

Alexander Wendt's Social Theory of International Politics and some standard works of the English School share a theory of human nature, state-centrism, a cultural approach and stress on agential self-restraint. Wendt's hypothetical narratives of collective identity formation and some English School writers' treatment of the evolution of international relations are compared, and their complementarity and relative merits are discussed. The conclusion is reached that there is no sharp epistemological divide between the two approaches, criticising both for their lack of meta-historical reflexivity.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Alexander Wendt, English School, constructivism, international anarchy, international co-operation, agent-strucrure relations, theory of international relations
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2001
• Number of pages: Str. 403-423, 438, 441
• Numbering: Vol. 4, no. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135788
• UDC: 327
• ISSN on article: 1408-6980
• COBISS.SI-ID: 117061888
• Publication date in RUL: 30.03.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of international relations and development
• Shortened title: J. int. relat. & dev.
• Publisher: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre of International Relations
• ISSN: 1408-6980
• COBISS.SI-ID: 76065792

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Alexander Wendt in angleška šola

Abstract

Delo Alexandra Wendta Social Theory of International Politics ima z nekaterimi klasičnimi deli angleške šole v teoriji mednarodnih odnosov skupno teorijo človekove narave, državocentrizem, kulturni pristop in poudarek na samoomejevanju akterjev. Avtor primerja Wendtove hipotetične zgodbe o izoblikovanju kolektivne identitete in obravnavo razvoja mednarodnih odnosov angleške šole. Pretresa njuno komplementarnost in dobre strani obeh. Avtor ugotavlja, da ni ostre epistemološke delitve med obema pristopoma, a kritizira oba, in sicer zaradi njunega pomanjkanja metazgodovinske refleksivnosti.

• Keywords: Alexander Wendt, angleška šola, konstruktivizem, mednarodna anarhija, mednarodno sodelovanje, odnosi med akterjem in strukturo, teorija mednarodnih odnosov