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Towards an Historical Materialist Sociology of IR: Problematizing State, sovereignty and geopolitical competition as Historical Processes

Thierry Lapointe

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Thierry Lapointe

Résumé de la communication

This communication addresses the critiques of economic determinism and reductionism that are generally addressed to Marxism. Whereas it accepts the charges made towards structural and analytic Marxism, it argues that such critiques cannot be generalized to the rich body of Marxist literature, more specifically the tradition of political Marxism. It claims that Marxist Historical Sociology (MHS) have thus far developed many methodological and conceptual insights that open the way for a non-reductionist social theorization of change which can be invaluable for IR. After positively reviewing the contributions made by this body of literature to the development of a Materialist Historical Sociology of IR, it raises some of the issues that have yet remained insufficiently explored by this body of literature. More specifically, it claims that MHS would gain to move beyond the dichotomy pre-capitalist vs. capitalist social relations in order to specify the multifaceted ways in which social contentions and social conflicts are mediated through specific institutions at different spatial levels. Thus far, MHS has developed typology of process of social change centered upon the French and English cases. It claims that MHS must go beyond this typology to fully explore one of its central claims that social change must be understood and explained as a process; a process more specifically understood on the basis of institutionally and historically specific balance of class forces and power.

Résumé du colloque

Nous profiterons du cadre du colloque afin d’inviter le Professeur Benno Teschke de l’Université Sussex. Cet expert international dans le domaine de l’histoire des relations internationales et de la sociologie historique participera à ce colloque dans le cadre d’une collaboration avec Monsieur Dufour. Cette collaboration débouchera sur la co-publication d’un article scientifique dans le domaine de la sociologie historique.

Contexte

Section :

Sociologie historique et géographie critique dans l`étude des Relations internationales

Thème du colloque :

Sociologie historique et géographie critique dans l`étude des Relations internationales

Responsables :

Jules Duchastel Guillaume F. Dufour

Hôte : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

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