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Platonic metaphysics and the ontology of International Relations : a sketch
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dc.contributor.author | Leung, King-Ho | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-03T10:30:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-03T10:30:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-06-01 | |
dc.identifier | 274077831 | |
dc.identifier | 8b01ef33-bedb-4f7f-8705-a78bd11c14ef | |
dc.identifier | 85107180754 | |
dc.identifier | 000657876200001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Leung , K-H 2022 , ' Platonic metaphysics and the ontology of International Relations : a sketch ' , International Relations , vol. 36 , no. 2 , pp. 176-191 . https://doi.org/10.1177/00471178211021493 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0047-1178 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-5551-7865/work/95042162 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/23303 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article offers a reading of Plato in light of the recent debates concerning the unique ‘ontology’ of International Relations (IR) as an academic discipline. In particular, this article suggests that Plato’s metaphysical account of the integral connection between human individual, the domestic state, and world order can offer IR an alternative outlook to the ‘political scientific’ schema of ‘levels of analysis’. This article argues that Plato’s metaphysical conception of world order can not only provide IR theory with a way to re-imagine the relation between the human, the state, and world order. Moreover, Plato’s outlook can highlight or even call into question the post-metaphysical presuppositions of contemporary IR theory in its ‘borrowed ontology’ from modern social science, which can in turn facilitate IR’s re-interpretation of its own ‘ontology’ as well as its distinct contributions to the understanding of the various aspects of the social world and human life. | |
dc.format.extent | 16 | |
dc.format.extent | 150183 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Relations | en |
dc.subject | International relations | en |
dc.subject | International theory | en |
dc.subject | Metaphysics | en |
dc.subject | Ontology | en |
dc.subject | Plato | en |
dc.subject | Political philosophy | en |
dc.subject | B Philosophy (General) | en |
dc.subject | JZ International relations | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject | MCC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | B1 | en |
dc.subject.lcc | JZ | en |
dc.title | Platonic metaphysics and the ontology of International Relations : a sketch | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Divinity | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/00471178211021493 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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