1st Edition

World of Our Making Rules and Rule in Social Theory and International Relations

By Nicholas Onuf Copyright 2013
352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

World of our Making is a major contribution to contemporary social science. Now reissued in this volume, Onuf’s seminal text is key reading for anyone who wishes to study modern international relations. Onuf understands all of international relations to be a matter of rules and rule in foreign behaviour. The author draws together the rules of international relations, explains their source,... Read more
Introduction  PART I: Rules  1. Constructivism  2. Law and Language  3. Cognition, Judgement, Culture  4. The Problem of Order  PART II: Rule  5. The Presumption of Anarchy  6. Political Society  7. World Politics  8. Rationality and Resources

Biography

Nicholas Greenwood Onuf is Professor Emeritus, Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University, Miami, and Professor Associado, Instituto de Relações Internationais, Pontifica Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.