Making sense, making worlds
Subtitle: constructivism in social theory and international relations
By: Nicholas Greenwood Onuf
Series: The new international relations
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415624169; 9780415624176; 9780203096710
Subjects: Social aspects; Constructivism (Philosophy); Philosophy; International relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Part I. Constructivism. Constructivism: a user's manual; worlds of our making; fitting metaphors; title: Part II. The metaphysics of world-making: reading Aristotle; parsing personal identity; structure, what structure?; title: Part III. The art of world-making: speaking of policy; rules in practice; friendship and hospitality; title: Part IV. Making sense of modernity: institutions, intentions and international relations; civil society, global governance; alternative visions.