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dc.contributor.authorJeffery, Renée
dc.contributor.editorBolton, Annika
dc.contributor.editorBoulton, Douglas
dc.contributor.editorThornton, Mireille
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:34:24Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:34:24Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2010-01-15T06:15:43Z
dc.identifier.issn03058298
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/03058298050340011101
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/28318
dc.description.abstractAlthough they have been a central feature of the disciplinary history of International Relations, little attention has been paid to the historical and epistemological implications of designating certain sets of writers and their ideas as belonging to particular `traditions of thought'. In light of this, this article is concerned with the theoretical conceptualisation of the term `tradition', its historical connotations, and its specific application to the history of IR scholarship. Relying heavily on Michael Oakeshott's philosophy of history, it argues not only that traditions are inherently `invented' phenomena but that the purposes for which they are invented - that is, whether they are historical or practical in orientation - is central to the analysis of their contents. Having established a theoretical understanding of `tradition', the article discusses the works of John G. Gunnell and Brian C. Schmidt as providing a number of useful ways in which traditions, thus conceived, might be analysed before demonstrating how this might be done in IR scholarship using the works of Martin Wight and Hedley Bull as a pertinent example. In doing so, the article also seeks to make a more general claim about the need for greater historical awareness in contemporary IR scholarship.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMillennium Publishing
dc.publisher.placeLondon
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom57
dc.relation.ispartofpageto84
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalMillennium: Journal of International Studies
dc.relation.ispartofvolume34
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther human society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4499
dc.titleTradition as Invention: The 'Traditions Tradition' and the History of Ideas in International Relations
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2005
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorJeffery, Renee


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