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Terminological Entrepreneurs and Discursive Shifts in International Relations: How a Discipline Invented the “International Regime”
International Studies Review ( IF 3.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-02-27 , DOI: 10.1093/isr/viaa003
Jens Steffek 1 , Marcus Müller 2 , Hartmut Behr 3
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Abstract
The disciplinary history of international relations (IR) is usually told as a succession of theories or “isms” that are connected to academic schools. Echoing the increasing criticism of this narrative, we present in this article a new perspective on the discipline. We introduce concepts from linguistics and its method of digital discourse analysis (DDA) to explore discursive shifts and terminological entrepreneurship in IR. DDA directs attention away from schools of thought and “heroic figures” who allegedly invented new theories. As we show exemplarily with the rise of “regime theory,” there were entire generations of IR scholars who (more or less consciously) developed new vocabularies to frame and address their common concerns. The terminological history of “international regime” starts in nineteenth century international law, in which French authors already used “régime” to describe transnational forms of governance that were more than a treaty but less than an international organization. Only in the 1980s, however, was an explicit definition of “international regime” forged in American IR, which combined textual elements already in use. We submit that such observations can change the way in which we understand, narrate, and teach the discipline of IR. DDA decenters IR theory from its traditional focus on schools and individuals and suggests unlearning established taxonomies of “isms.” The introduction of corpus linguistic methods to the study of academic IR can thus provide new epistemological directions for the field.


中文翻译:

术语企业家和国际关系中的话语变化:学科如何发明“国际制度”

摘要
国际关系的学科历史通常被称为与学术流派相关的一系列理论或“主义”。与对这种叙事的批评日益增加相呼应,我们在本文中提出了对该学科的新观点。我们从语言学及其数字话语分析(DDA)方法中引入概念,以探讨IR中的话语转换和术语企业家精神。DDA将注意力从据称发明新理论的思想流派和“英雄人物”转移开来。正如我们以“政体理论”的兴起为代表的示例所示,IR的整个世代学者(或多或少有意识地)开发了新的词汇表,以解决并解决他们的共同关切。“国际制度”的术语历史始于19世纪的国际法,法国作家已经在其中使用“制度”来描述跨国治理形式,而跨国治理形式多于一项条约,但少于一个国际组织。但是,直到1980年代,才在美国IR中伪造了“国际制度”的明确定义,该定义结合了已经使用的文字元素。我们认为,这样的观察可以改变我们理解,叙述和教授IR学科的方式。DDA使IR理论偏离了传统的对学校和个人的关注,并提出了对既定的“主义”分类法的学习。因此,将语料库语言学方法引入学术关系研究可以为该领域提供新的认识论方向。但是,直到1980年代,才在美国IR中伪造了“国际制度”的明确定义,该定义结合了已经使用的文字元素。我们认为,这样的观察可以改变我们理解,叙述和教授IR学科的方式。DDA使IR理论偏离了传统的对学校和个人的关注,并提出了对既定的“主义”分类法的学习。因此,将语料库语言学方法引入学术关系研究可以为该领域提供新的认识论方向。但是,直到1980年代,才在美国IR中伪造了“国际制度”的明确定义,该定义结合了已经使用的文字元素。我们认为,这样的观察可以改变我们理解,叙述和教授IR学科的方式。DDA使IR理论偏离了传统的对学校和个人的关注,并提出了对既定的“主义”分类法的学习。因此,将语料库语言学方法引入学术关系研究可以为该领域提供新的认识论方向。DDA使IR理论偏离了传统的对学校和个人的关注,并提出了对既定的“主义”分类法的学习。因此,将语料库语言学方法引入学术关系研究可以为该领域提供新的认识论方向。DDA使IR理论偏离了传统的对学校和个人的关注,并提出了对既定的“主义”分类法的学习。因此,将语料库语言学方法引入学术关系研究可以为该领域提供新的认识论方向。
更新日期:2020-02-27
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