History of IR (discipline)

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  • The establishment of the discipline of IRs

  • The Twenty Years' Crisis

    The book of Edward Hallett Carr, one of the main representatives of realism.
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    The first "Great Debate"

    An ontological dispute between liberalism and realism.

  • Politics Among Nations

    The book of Hans Morgenthau, one of the main representatives of realism.

  • The second (re)establishment of the discipline

    The emergence of the realist school of thought in the discipline. This was based on two books, on 'The Twenty Years' Crisis' (by Carr) and 'Politics Among Nations' (by Morgenthau).
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    The second "Great Debate"

    An epistemological debate between behavioralism and traditionalism.
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    The third "Great Debate"

    An ontological dispute between neorealism and neoliberalism, also at the same time both theories had to defend themselves against critical theories (most importantly against neo-Marxism)
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    The fourth "Great Debate"

    An epistemological debate between the rational or positivist approaches (liberalism, realism and Marxism) and constructivism.

  • Social Theory of International Politics

    The book of Alexander Wendt, who was one of the most important representatives of the constructivist approach.