Culture and International Relations: The Culture of International Relations

TY - JOUR

T1 - Culture and International Relations: The Culture of International Relations

AU - Lebow, Ned

PY - 2009/8

Y1 - 2009/8

N2 - In a response to my critics I further elaborate some of the concepts central to A Cultural Theory of International Relations. I explain why it is a cultural theory, as distinct from a theory of culture; the different levels of reason conceptualised by the Greeks and their utility in moving our thinking beyond the exclusive focus on instrumental rationality of modem social science; and Aristotle's concept of anger and its implications for the behaviour of the weak and the powerful. I justify my case selection and its Western bias, but defend the universality of my theory and its non-hegemonic application to the study of other cultures.

AB - In a response to my critics I further elaborate some of the concepts central to A Cultural Theory of International Relations. I explain why it is a cultural theory, as distinct from a theory of culture; the different levels of reason conceptualised by the Greeks and their utility in moving our thinking beyond the exclusive focus on instrumental rationality of modem social science; and Aristotle's concept of anger and its implications for the behaviour of the weak and the powerful. I justify my case selection and its Western bias, but defend the universality of my theory and its non-hegemonic application to the study of other cultures.

U2 - 10.1177/0305829809336258

DO - 10.1177/0305829809336258

M3 - Article

SN - 0305-8298

VL - 38

SP - 153

EP - 159

JO - MILLENNIUM

JF - MILLENNIUM

IS - 1

ER -