Existentialism and International Relations: In it up to our necks

IF 3.2 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Review of International Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI:10.1017/s0260210523000451

Andrew R. Hom, Cian O’Driscoll

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Abstract

Abstract What, this essay asks, is the relation between contemporary IR scholarship and the existentialist intellectual and cultural tradition? How is our discipline informed and animated by existentialist thinking? Is existentialism a heritage to be recovered, claimed, and embraced by IR scholars, or a shadow to be escaped? And what resources does it furnish us for thinking through the kind of issues that IR scholars are called upon to grapple with today? These questions are not purely theoretical. There are practical and political reasons, not only for considering them, but for considering them now. Living through what has been termed an unfolding ‘Age of Anxiety’, we find ourselves confronted by existential questions and existentialist ideas at almost every turn. It is, however, unclear how substantive or meaningful this apparently existentialist moment truly is. Does existentialism have something to say to contemporary IR, or does it flatter to deceive? We think the time is ripe to take stock of existentialism as it relates to IR and global politics. This is the purpose of this article and of the collection of essays it introduces.

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存在主义与国际关系:一直到我们的脖子

摘要本文提出，当代国际关系研究与存在主义知识文化传统之间的关系是什么?我们的学科是如何受到存在主义思想的启发和激励的?存在主义是一种需要被国际关系学者恢复、主张和接受的遗产，还是一种需要逃避的阴影?它为我们思考当今国际关系学者需要解决的问题提供了哪些资源?这些问题并不纯粹是理论性的。不仅考虑这些问题，而且现在就考虑这些问题，既有现实的原因，也有政治的原因。生活在一个被称为“焦虑时代”的时代，我们发现自己几乎每时每刻都面临着存在主义问题和存在主义思想。然而，目前尚不清楚这个表面上存在主义的时刻究竟有多大的实质性或意义。存在主义对当代国际关系有什么可说的吗，或者它是在奉承欺骗吗?我们认为，考虑存在主义与国际关系和全球政治的关系的时机已经成熟。这是这篇文章的目的，也是它所介绍的论文集的目的。

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Review of International Studies INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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