International Relations (IR) has rarely considered rhythm as a topic of analytical attention. Yet rhythms permeate many social and political phenomena, and their study contributes to core debates and empirical insights in contemporary IR. Rhythms are similar to but distinct from other forms of repetitive, iterative social action that have garnered increasing interest in IR, such as practices, habits, and routines. Each of these phenomena has rhythmic elements, but not all rhythmic phenomena are practical, habitual, or routine. Rhythm, then, is a distinct category of iterative action that is effectively positioned to unpack a wider array of practices in a broader range of cases. Moreover, contrary to common conceptions as simple repetition, the multiplicity and dynamism of social rhythms hold the potential to produce novel political formations. This article outlines a framework for the study of rhythms in IR by delineating some key features of social rhythms and three kinds of sociopolitical effects that they have in collective contexts. These theoretical developments are empirically applied to understand neglected aspects of mass mobilization during the Arab uprisings of 2011.

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国际关系中的节奏与动员

国际关系（IR）很少将节奏视为分析关注的主题。然而，节奏弥漫在许多社会和政治现象中，他们的研究有助于当代IR中的核心辩论和经验性见解。节奏类似于但不同于其他形式的重复性，重复性社会行为，这些形式引起了人们对IR越来越多的兴趣，例如做法，习惯和惯例。这些现象中的每一种都有节奏元素，但并非所有的节奏现象都是实用的，惯用的或常规的。因此，节奏是迭代操作的一个独特类别，可以有效地定位以在更广泛的情况下展开更广泛的实践。此外，与简单重复的一般概念相反，社会节奏的多样性和活力具有产生新的政治形式的潜力。本文通过描述社交节奏的一些关键特征以及它们在集体情境中具有的三种社会政治影响，概述了IR节奏研究的框架。这些理论发展在经验上适用于理解2011年阿拉伯起义期间大规模动员的被忽视的方面。