This book is a major contribution to the debate about philosophy and method in history and international relations. The author analyses IR scholarship from classical realism to quantitative and postmodern work.
Thomas W. Smith is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Koç University, Istanbul.
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Historical Problem in International Relations; Chapter 3 History, Contingency, and the Roots of Realism; Chapter 4 History, Analogy, and Policy Realism; Chapter 5 The Poverty of Ahistoricism; Chapter 6 “The Importance of Being Scientific”; Chapter 7 Exit From History?; Chapter 8 Conclusion;
Andreas Herberg-Rothe, Key-young Son, Germany) Herberg-Rothe, Andreas (Fulda University of Applied Sciences, South Korea) Son, Key-young (Korea University, Key-Young Son