International Relations Scholarship at 100: Publicism, Truth-Pluralism and the Usefulness Problem.

TY - JOUR

T1 - International Relations Scholarship at 100

T2 - Publicism, Truth-Pluralism and the Usefulness Problem.

AU - Michelsen, Nicholas

PY - 2020/2/27

Y1 - 2020/2/27

N2 - Revisionist studies have shown that stories about a 1919 IR disciplinary birthdate function to obfuscate the history of international thought. 1919 has nonetheless cast a long shadow over how the usefulness of professional scholarship in International Relations has been conceptualised. In this article, I trace how the 1919 birth-story orientated disciplinary constructions of the usefulness of the field as they relate to pluralist approaches to truth-seeking in IR. I argue that the centenary of 1919, in reminding us of the publicist as well as pluralist scholarship of the inter-war years, should foster a drive towards better communication with global IR’s publics and, in this way, ensure that the discipline is fitted to the so-called post-truth era.

AB - Revisionist studies have shown that stories about a 1919 IR disciplinary birthdate function to obfuscate the history of international thought. 1919 has nonetheless cast a long shadow over how the usefulness of professional scholarship in International Relations has been conceptualised. In this article, I trace how the 1919 birth-story orientated disciplinary constructions of the usefulness of the field as they relate to pluralist approaches to truth-seeking in IR. I argue that the centenary of 1919, in reminding us of the publicist as well as pluralist scholarship of the inter-war years, should foster a drive towards better communication with global IR’s publics and, in this way, ensure that the discipline is fitted to the so-called post-truth era.

U2 - 10.1177%2F2336825X1802600306

DO - 10.1177%2F2336825X1802600306

M3 - Article

SN - 2336-825x

JO - New Perspectives. Interdisciplinary Journal of Central & East European Politics and International Relations

JF - New Perspectives. Interdisciplinary Journal of Central & East European Politics and International Relations

ER -