An Ontological Rethinking of Identity in International Studies

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Synopsis

This book shows that identity studies in the discipline of International Relations (IR) generally cohere around two discrete understandings of being, substantialism and correlationism, and that their analytical, theoretical, and epistemological orientations are split along those lines. This binary opposition makes it difficult for identity scholarship to meet the internal validity standard of coherence while unnecessarily narrowing the theoretical lenses of constructivism in IR. The author argues that the best way to step outside that binary is to re-ground identity in ontology of immanence. The book shows that immanent ontological thinking enables us to have a pluralist epistemology and methodology for the study of identity, including both positivist and interpretivist orientations, without yielding a logically inconsistent alignment.

 

Book details

Edition:
1st ed. 2023
Series:
Palgrave Studies in International Relations
Author:
Yong-Soo Eun
ISBN:
9783031308833
Related ISBNs:
9783031308826
Publisher:
Springer Nature Switzerland
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2023-06-05
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2023
Copyright by:
The Editor 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Politics and Government