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Y a-t-il une voie au-dela du positivisme? Les approches critiques et le debat epistemologique en relations internationales

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posted on 2023-06-07, 17:39 authored by Samuel KnafoSamuel Knafo
This paper surveys the epistemological debate in International Relations and reassesses criticisms of positivism. Critical approaches have often failed to specify the problem of positivism. It thus remains unclear whether there is a path beyond it. This article focuses on the poststructuralist contribution to this debate, which comes closer to correctly identifying why positivism reifies international relations. Indeed, poststructuralists have correctly identified how the role of difference in the construction of meaning illustrates why our theories are always independant from the world they supposedly describe, although not arbitrary. The article moves away from deconstruction and argues that recognizing the centrality of difference can instead offer a field on which to conceptualize a new form of analytical and critical rigour.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Etudes Internationales

ISSN

1703-7891

Publisher

Etudes Internationales

Issue

3

Volume

39

Page range

387-410

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  • International Relations Publications

Notes

In French

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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