The Concept of State and the Traditional Canon of International Relations:

Theoretical-Conceptual Problematization and Critique

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https://doi.org/10.30612/rmufgd.v11i21.15612

Keywords:

State; State Building; Global South.

Abstract

The aim of this article is to assess the concept of state in the discipline of International Relations, demonstrating the existence of a reification and universalization of the European model of state throughout the work and understanding of the discipline. We analyse how the concept of state was approached in the field, as well as the historical origin of this political model of organization of social life. Based on these understandings, it was possible to find a constant silencing in the discipline of different state processes and experiences throughout the Global South, which have their own characteristics. Thus, this work seeks to understand to what extent the silencing of non-European experiences in the formation of states and the reification of the Westphalian European model pose distortions and obstacles to an understanding in the disciplinary field of International Relations of the concept of state. To address the issue, we seek to present an interdisciplinary dialogue with the Sociology of the State and with the so-called Historical Sociology which, since the middle of the second half of the 20th century, seeks to deepen our understanding of the different historical processes of state formation.

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Author Biographies

Thiago Babo, Universidade de São Paulo

Doutor em Ciência Política pela Universidade de São Paulo. Coordenador do Gabinete Oliveiros S. Ferreira de Pesquisa em Sociologia das Relações Internacionais (GOF) e pesquisador do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Relações Internacionais (NUPRI) e do Centro de Estudos em Conflito e Paz (CCP), Universidade de São Paulo.

Daniel Coronato, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Doutor em Relações Internacionais pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Relações Internacionais San Tiago Dantas (UNESP, UNICAMP e PUC-SP) e professor de Relações Internacionais e História da Universidade Católica de Santos. Coordenador do Grupo de Análise de Conjuntura Internacional vinculado ao IPECI (Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas) e pesquisador do LAHPIS - Laboratório de História da Política Internacional Sul-americana e do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Relações Internacionais (NUPRI), da Universidade de São Paulo

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Published

2022-11-23

How to Cite

Babo, T., & Coronato, D. (2022). The Concept of State and the Traditional Canon of International Relations:: Theoretical-Conceptual Problematization and Critique. Monções: UFGD Journal of International Relations, 11(21), 123–148. https://doi.org/10.30612/rmufgd.v11i21.15612

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Vol. 11 No. 21 (2022): The Global South and its perspectives: expanding the boundaries of International Relations

Section

Artigos Dossiê - Ampliando as fronteiras das Relações Internacionais a partir de perspectivas do Sul Global

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