Pierwsza „Wielka Debata”? Rewizjonistyczna Historia Genezy Teoretyzowania W Nauce O Stosunkach Międzynarodowych
First “Great Debate”? Revisionist History of the Origins of Theorizing in International Relations

Summary/Abstract: The author focuses on the selected aspect of the problem connected with the understanding of the history genesis of the theorizing in the International Relations. In particular, it shows how paying more attention to the relationship between text and context can prevent misinterpretation of collective historiographic understanding of discipline, and in particular genesis of theorizing in International Relations. This proceeding was based on an analysis of the texts and contexts of theoretical relations between two authors symbolizing the idealist approach – Ralph Norman Angell Lane (1872–1967) and the realistic approach – Hans J. Morgenthau (1904–1980). The article also discusses the most important findings of the revisionist literature on the First “Great Debate” and the development of the myth of the “Great Debates” as a description of the theoretical history of International Relations.

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