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1 A Pragmatist View of Progress 1 A Pragmatist View of Progress
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2 What Analytic Eclecticism Is—and Is Not 2 What Analytic Eclecticism Is—and Is Not
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3 Eclecticism in International Relations Scholarship 3 Eclecticism in International Relations Scholarship
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3.1 Eclectic Perspectives on National Security 3.1 Eclectic Perspectives on National Security
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3.2 Eclectic Perspectives on International Political Economy 3.2 Eclectic Perspectives on International Political Economy
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4 Conclusion 4 Conclusion
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6 Eclectic Theorizing in the Study and Practice of International Relations
Get accessPeter Katzenstein is the Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies at Cornell University.
Rudra Sil is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Published:02 September 2009
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Abstract
This article calls for the accommodation of eclectic modes of scholarship in international relations that trespass deliberately and liberally across competing research traditions with the intention of defining and exploring substantive problems in original, creative ways. The article first outlines a pragmatist view of social knowledge in which intellectual progress is understood as expanding the possibilities for dialogue and creative experimentation. It elaborates on the definition of analytic eclecticism, identifying its distinctive characteristics and payoffs vis-à-vis those of preexisting research traditions. It then considers a small sample of scholarship in international relations that illustrates the meaning and value of analytical eclecticism with specific reference to issues of international security and political economy. It concludes that alongside, and in dialogue with scholarship produced in specific research traditions, analytic eclecticism is a necessary and valuable asset in enabling the discipline of international relations to evolve beyond recurrent metatheoretical debates and to hold forth some promise for having meaningful practical significance beyond the academe.
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