Agents, Structures and International Relations : Politics as Ontology
by
Colin Wight
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in International Relations
ISBN-10
052185752X
ISBN-13
9780521857529
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 12th, 2006
Print length
360 Pages
Weight
687 grams
Dimensions
23.90 x 15.30 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Social & political philosophyInternational relationsSocial and political philosophy
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This 2006 book analyses the agent-structure problem and argues there are many gaps in IR theory that can only be understood through ontology - the metaphysical study of existence and reality. He integrates international relations theory with social theory, stressing the problem is an issue of concern to the wider human sciences.
The agent-structure problem is a much discussed issue in the field of international relations. In his comprehensive 2006 analysis of this problem, Colin Wight deconstructs the accounts of structure and agency embedded within differing IR theories and, on the basis of this analysis, explores the implications of ontology - the metaphysical study of existence and reality. Wight argues that there are many gaps in IR theory that can only be understood by focusing on the ontological differences that construct the theoretical landscape. By integrating the treatment of the agent-structure problem in IR theory with that in social theory, Wight makes a positive contribution to the problem as an issue of concern to the wider human sciences. At the most fundamental level politics is concerned with competing visions of how the world is and how it should be, thus politics is ontology.
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