Historical Sociology of International Relations (HSIR) A Theoretical Framework of International System Analysis

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Article 4, Volume 6, Issue 2, February 2019, Pages 83-108   

Document Type: مقالات

DOI: 10.22067/jipr.v6i2.64992

Authors

Mehdi Zibaei^{* 1}; Reza Simbar²; Ahmed Jansiz¹

¹University of Guilan

²Unidersity of Guilan

Abstract

The main body of academic literature on Historical Sociology of International Relations (HSIR) is divided into two parts. The first part is produced by the scholars who are trying to enrich this theory as an eclectic approach. The second part relies on the researchers who are seeking to provide a meaningful interpretation of political incidents by connecting the interior and exterior levels of analysis and making the role of international setting inflated. The international system as a phenomenon that stems from the social relations, in this context, is affected by the striking variables that are based on both internal and international milieus. This research paper intends to go beyond the mainstream approach in IR which relies on level of analyses such as power, security, economics, identity, and so forth by drafting an especial theoretical approach in order to explain the international system in the HSIR context. The authors, furthermore, believe that the international system is a social phenomenon that includes a wide variety of relations from the sub-national level to the international tendencies.         

Keywords

International system; Historical sociology; State-society complex; identity; War and revolution

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