Abstract

Difference, a central concern to the study of international relations (IR), has not had its ontological foundations adequately disrupted. This forum explores how existential assumptions rooted in relational logics provide a significantly distinct set of tools that drive us to re-orient how we perceive, interpret, and engage both similarity and difference. Taking their cues from cosmological commitments originating in the Andes, South Asia, East Asia, and the Middle East, the six contributions explore how our existential assumptions affect the ways in which we deal with difference as theorists, researchers, and teachers. This initial conversation pinpoints key content and foci of future relational work in IR.

中文翻译：

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差异差异：来自世界各地的关系IR

摘要

差异是研究国际关系（IR）的中心问题，但其本体论基础尚未得到适当的破坏。这个论坛探讨了根植于关系逻辑的存在性假设如何提供一组截然不同的工具，这些工具促使我们重新定位我们如何感知，解释和利用相似性和差异性。这六篇文章从安第斯山脉，南亚，东亚和中东的宇宙学承诺中汲取了线索，探讨了我们的存在假设如何影响我们应对理论家，研究人员和教师的差异的方式。最初的对话指出了IR中未来关系工作的关键内容和重点。