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This paper aims at critically assessing the theoretical contributions made by these scholars regarding the issue of social and historical change. I argue that despite its contributions in fostering a meta-theoretical reflection in the field regarding the reifying and naturalizing functions of positivist epistemology in IR, and in shedding light on the role of language and discourse in shaping evolving power relations, Poststructuralists’ heuristic project has not managed to escape the pitfalls of reification, functionalism, and structuralism. The chapter is divided in three parts. In the first part, I analyse Poststructuralists’ epistemological reflection regarding the constitutive relation between power, knowledge …
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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 …
