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 |
À l'intérieur du livre
Résultats 1-5 sur 19
... metaphors . On every level , world affairs get made in par- ticular ways . Each has its own effects , then , on accounts of world affairs . Language All language places very specific limits on global concerns . Written or spoken news ...
... Metaphorical Models Media language uses many metaphorical models . These are more elaborate than metaphors per se , which I shall discuss in a moment . We are often , for example , invited to " look at " an aspect of world affairs ...
... Metaphors Media language is " peppered " not only with jargon but with particular meta- phors too . Here a literal account of what is meant is given a gloss that makes it more graphic and therefore more persuasive . One aspect of what ...
... metaphor can be literal nonsense . And yet it is not nonsense . We know it means something . The question is : what ? In making prose less prosaic , metaphors like these not only enrich news language , they also make it possible to ...
... metaphors , we cannot , as Locke believes , es- cape from metaphor altogether . In one sense language itself is a metaphor . There is no reality without language , and in making the meaning of reality we cannot escape the " role " words ...
Table des matières
31 | |
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 |