Positivism and Normativism in the Theory of International Relations

This text is a polemical contribution to the debate on positivism and postpositivism in the study of international relations. It focuses on four aspects rendering Loužek's defence of positivism rather flimsy: first, the untenability of the positivism-normativism dichotomy. Second, a more detai...

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Main Author: Petr Kratochvíl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of International Relations Prague 2006-03-01
Series:Czech Journal of International Relations
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Online Access:https://ojs3.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/article/view/622