TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowing and Judging in International Relations Theory: Realism and the Reflexive Challenge
AU - Hamati-Ataya, Inanna
N1 - Hamati-Ataya, I. (2010). Knowing and Judging in International Relations Theory: Realism and the Reflexive Challenge. Review of International Studies, 36 (4), 1079-1101.
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - This article addresses the notion of reflexivity in international theory through an attempt to transcend the dichotomy between knowledge and judgement. It intends to demonstrate that neither ‘philosophical’ nor ‘scientific’ approaches to world politics can reconcile cognitive and evaluative claims, but that such an endeavour may be envisaged within a certain conception of knowledge, science and facts. A comparison of Morton Kaplan's approach with Hans Morgenthau's and Kenneth Waltz's suggests what kind of theoretical alternatives can bring together these two seemingly incommensurable orders of discourse under a unified, foundationally reflexive epistemology.
AB - This article addresses the notion of reflexivity in international theory through an attempt to transcend the dichotomy between knowledge and judgement. It intends to demonstrate that neither ‘philosophical’ nor ‘scientific’ approaches to world politics can reconcile cognitive and evaluative claims, but that such an endeavour may be envisaged within a certain conception of knowledge, science and facts. A comparison of Morton Kaplan's approach with Hans Morgenthau's and Kenneth Waltz's suggests what kind of theoretical alternatives can bring together these two seemingly incommensurable orders of discourse under a unified, foundationally reflexive epistemology.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2160/14225
M3 - Article
SN - 0260-2105
VL - 36
SP - 1079
EP - 1101
JO - Review of International Studies
JF - Review of International Studies
IS - 4
ER -