An Overview of the Evolution of the International Relations Discipline

Year 2023, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 67 - 76, 31.12.2023

Erdi Kutlu

https://doi.org/10.47899/ijss.1288688

Abstract

International relations refers to a concept and an interdisciplinary discipline that has been carried up to the present day within a historical framework and perspective, starting from Ancient Chinese, Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. However, within the scientific method, as a monolithic field, it represents the mutual, varied, and conjunctural relationships that have existed throughout history among nations, kingdoms, and empires. The autonomy of international relations is a product of the recent period and corresponds to the first quarter of the 20th century. In this respect the end of the First World War and the following year 1919 are widely accepted as a milestone. In this regard, the theorizing periods and historical processes of the concept of international relations, which expresses both interstate relations and an independent discipline, have been studied to be explained with a general and compiling perpective.

Keywords

Discipline, History, International Relations, Process of Theorization

Uluslararası İlişkiler Disiplininin Evrimine Genel Bir Bakış

Abstract

Uluslararası ilişkiler; eski Çin, Antik Yunan ve Roma uygarlıklarından başlayarak tarihsel bir çerçeve ve perspektif dahilinde günümüze taşınan bir kavram ve disiplinlerarası bir disiplini ifade eder. Bununla birlikte tarih boyunca var olmuş devlet, monarşi ve imparatorlukların karşılıklı, değişken ve konjonktürel ilişki biçimlerini bilimsel metotla yansıtan yekpare bir disiplin olarak uluslararası ilişkilerin özerk hale gelişi, yakın dönemin ürünü olup 20. Yüzyılın ilk çeyreğine denk düşer. Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nın bitişi ve 1919 yılı bu açıdan bir milat olarak çokça kabul görür. Bu yönüyle bu çalışmada hem devletlerarası ilişkileri hem de bağımsız bir disiplini ifade eden uluslararası ilişkiler konseptinin teorileşme dönemleri ve tarihsel süreçleri genel ve derleyici bir bakışla açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır.

Keywords

Uluslararası İlişkiler, Tarihçe, Teorileşme Süreci, Disiplin

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