From epistemology to practice: a sociology of science for international relations

TY - JOUR

T1 - From epistemology to practice

T2 - a sociology of science for international relations

AU - Bueger, Christian

PY - 2012/1/1

Y1 - 2012/1/1

N2 - Without question there is no shortage of reflexivity in the discipline of International Relations (IR), to the extent that after several grand debates and numerous turns, it seems to have reached a certain intellectual surfeit. One of the reasons is certainly that many of the questions concerned are not logically solvable, and that debates on reflexivity tend to become affective if not religious from time to time.

AB - Without question there is no shortage of reflexivity in the discipline of International Relations (IR), to the extent that after several grand debates and numerous turns, it seems to have reached a certain intellectual surfeit. One of the reasons is certainly that many of the questions concerned are not logically solvable, and that debates on reflexivity tend to become affective if not religious from time to time.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - Reflexivity

KW - international relations

KW - Epistemology

KW - intellectuals

KW - sociology

U2 - 10.1057/jird.2011.28

DO - 10.1057/jird.2011.28

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1408-6980

VL - 15

SP - 97

EP - 109

JO - Journal of International Relations and Development

JF - Journal of International Relations and Development

IS - 1

ER -