Continental IR Theory The Best Kept Secret

This article reviews the exotic theoretical landscape of Continental IR Theory (CIRT). While often neglected, or claimed to be uninteresting, or being a franchise business producing copies of theorizing done elsewhere, the article attempts to demonstrate that the discipline of International Relation...

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Published inEuropean journal of international relations Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 9 - 42
Main Author Jorgensen, Knud Erik
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published SAGE Publications 01.03.2000
Subjects
Europe
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
International politics
International Relations
International relations theory
International studies
International system
Political culture
Positivism
Realism
Theory
THEORY BUILDING OR THEORETICAL APPROACH
World politics
idioms
international theory
cultural-institutional context
islands of intellect
disciplinary genealogies
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Summary:This article reviews the exotic theoretical landscape of Continental IR Theory (CIRT). While often neglected, or claimed to be uninteresting, or being a franchise business producing copies of theorizing done elsewhere, the article attempts to demonstrate that the discipline of International Relations can benefit significantly from an increased awareness of theorizing on the European continent. Far from being a franchise establishment, CIRT delivers original thought-provoking theorizing and challenging perspectives. An increased awareness of CIRT would probably destroy some of the dearest foundational myths of the discipline but in this case that is the price one must pay if one wants to be internationally minded, not only concerning the subject matter of our activities but also concerning intellectual curiosity.
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ISSN:1354-0661
1460-3713
DOI:10.1177/1354066100006001002