introduction

Question 1

what are the 2 main approaches to history in IR?

Answer 1

1. closet of facts

2. shopping list

Question 2

which theory is closet of facts related to?

Answer 2

neorealism

Question 3

which theory is shopping list related to?

Answer 3

poststructuralism

Question 4

which theory is middle way related to?

Answer 4

constructivism, english school, historical sociology

Question 5

history

Answer 5

non-fiction account of the past

Question 6

metahistory

Answer 6

great divers of development, patterns and regularities, big ideas. was popular in the 19th C. long duree by fernand braudel**

Question 7

** what’s long duree by fernand blaurel?

Answer 7

take a long view of history to identify trends and distinguish the contingent from the permanent.

Question 8

anti-history

Answer 8

history is fiction because historians have subjectivity (e.g: holocaust never happened)

Question 9

big history

Answer 9

starting from the big bang

Question 10

global history

Answer 10

story of connections within the human collectivity. looking to the world as a connected whole.

Question 11

what are the implications of multiplicity? (5)

Answer 11

1. coexistence
2. difference
3. interaction
4. combination
5. dialectical change

Question 12

dialectical change

Answer 12

one society produces one thing, another takes it and uses it in another way- but this time is has a totally different effect.