Genealogia międzynarodowości. Społeczna teoria stosunków międzynarodowych
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2010
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Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa UAM
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In several papers recently published by the author, the main reference was the theoretical
considerations of Justin Rosenberg, in an attempt to show the reasons for the dichotomization
of ‘internationality’ and ‘internality,’ and the ways of overcoming this dichotomization.
This paper attempts to resolve and conclude these previously discussed issues. On the
ground of Rosenberg’s theoretical assumptions, the paper answers the questions of where ‘internationality’ originated, and what is a decisive factor for its existence as the dimension of
the social world.
The author makes reference to the notion of uneven and combined development as interpreted
by J. Rosenberg so as to reconstruct the methods applied in answering the above questions
in three stages. Firstly, he discusses the model, allowing a comparison of different
methods of combining uneven development with international relations. It emerges that, thus
far, all these methods have tended to assume political multiplicity (internationality) rather
than explain its existence. Secondly, the author reconstructs the explanations referring to
the historical-and-sociological argument presented in the work of Barry Buzan and Richard
Little. They place the sources of internationality in the prehistoric transition from a hunter-
gatherer existence to an agricultural one, which was connected with processes of social diversification
and the formation of proto-states. At first glance, Buzan and Little’s explanation
seems to make the notion of uneven and combined development redundant. On more detailed
analysis, however, ‘unevenness’ and ‘combination’ turn out to play a key role in Buzan and
Little’s empirical argument, albeit not theorized upon. Thirdly, the author of this paper demonstrates
how ‘unevenness’ and ‘combination’ are necessary elements in processes of social
transformation. Thus, he demonstrates that the sources of ‘internationality’ do come from the
uneven and combined nature of historical development.
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Przegląd Politologiczny, 2010, nr 3, s. 7-22.
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1426-8876