Commonsense Constructivism, Or, The Making of World AffairsM.E. Sharpe, 2000 - 248 pages This engaging book presents an intriguing new approach to understanding world affairs. "Constructivism" first found its way to IR -- the field of international relations -- in an exceptionally demanding form. This book is quite the opposite. In a highly readable and witty way, Commonsense Constructivism, or the Making of World Affairs, makes clear how everything around us (IR included) is constructed. In the process, it also shows how narrow the standard IR approaches are, and how much we miss as a consequence. Ralph Pettman's conceptual framework of state-making, wealth-making, self-making, and mind-making allows us to see such notions as "globalization" in a revealing new light. This work is intended to be fully accessible to students, but it will be welcomed by anyone who has been mystified by constructivism -- or who simply wants to better understand the ways we understand our world. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: Commonsense Constructivism 1. Making World Affairs I. THE NEGLECTED ASPECTS OF THE DISCIPLINE 2. Making Modernity 3. Making Sovereign Selves, Social Collectives, and Nations II. THE DOMINANT ASPECTS OF THE DISCIPLINE 4. Making States and Making Markets CONCLUSION: A Constructed World |
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... argue that if we confine ourselves to " strict standards of verification and proof , " there is " very little of significance that can be said about international relations " ( Bull 1966 , 361 ) . Bull , as a consequence , cites history ...
... argue rationally about what they " see " there . They still remain in that world and of that world , however , and in their capacity as socially embedded beings they can and do hold nonrational beliefs . Indeed , the alienating effects ...
... argue , " to construct and to inhabit a world with others . This world becomes for him [ sic ] the dominant and definite reality . Its limits are set by nature , but , once constructed , this world acts back upon nature . In the ...
... argue that , as the television medium expands , it actually closes people's awareness down . Postman , for example , says that TV transforms the world by giving people what they want , namely , entertainment . This is why , he says ...
... argue for some other end , like the good , the beautiful , the practical , the ethical , or God . By consciously valorizing the use of reason , we objectify the world and individuate the self . It is a mind trick , a sleight - of - mind ...
Table des matières
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THE NEGLECTED ASPECTS OF THE DISCIPLINE | 69 |
Making Modernity | 71 |
Making Sovereign Selves Social Collectives and Nations | 110 |
THE DOMINANT ASPECTS OF THE DISCIPLINE | 149 |
Making States and Making Markets | 151 |
A Constructed World | 210 |
References | 231 |
Index | 241 |