Global History and Reflections on International Relations Theory
For many years,studies in world history and international relations theory have been deeply influenced by Western-centrism,with a focus on Europe and thinking materi-als mostly drawn from European and Western history,including diplomatic history.Global history is a new research orientation and perspective,and its features include a broader perspective,a holistic view of history,a multi-centric viewpoint,and comparative histo-ry.It can communicate with Global International Relations(GIR)in spirit and orienta-tion.The existing international relations theories that have been constructed in the West have both strengths and weaknesses.The excessive stress on and preference for"hard sci-ence"confuse the nature of social sciences with that of natural sciences and have led to the fallacy of"scientism".In this regard,we should have a sober reconsideration,and com-parative historical analysis provides an important and feasible means to redress it.This arti-cle first enunciates the advantages of global history as an academic approach by summarizing its features,and then analyzes and criticizes the existing IR theories.Finally,it expounds that global history and IR theory are potentially interlinked,and explains why comparative historical analysis is significant as an approach.
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