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'''Critical international relations theory''' is a diverse set of schools of thought in [[international relations]] (IR) that have criticized the theoretical, meta-theoretical and/or political [[status quo]], both in IR theory and in international politics more broadly&nbsp;– from [[positivism|positivist]] as well as [[postpositivism|postpositivist]] positions.  Positivist critiques include [[Marxism|Marxist]] and [[neo-Marxism|neo-Marxist]] approaches and certain ("conventional") strands of [[Constructivism in international relations|social constructivism]].  Postpositivist critiques include [[poststructuralism|poststructuralist]], [[Postcolonialism (international relations)|postcolonial]], "critical" constructivist, [[critical theory]] (in the strict sense used by the [[Frankfurt School]]), [[Neo-Gramscianism|neo-Gramscian]], most [[Feminism (international relations)|feminist]], and some [[English school of international relations theory|English School]] approaches, as well as non-Weberian [[historical sociology]],<ref>See, e.g., {{harvnb|Hobden|Hobson|2002}}.</ref> "[[International Political Sociology (security studies)|international political sociology]]", "[[critical geopolitics]]", and the so-called "[[new materialism]]"<ref>See, e.g., {{harvnb|van der Tuin|Dolphijn|2012}}; {{harvnb|Coole|Frost|2010}}; {{harvnb|Connolly|2013}}.</ref> (partly inspired by [[actor–network theory]]).  All of these latter approaches differ from both [[Realism (international relations)|realism]] and [[Liberalism (international relations)|liberalism]] in their [[epistemology|epistemological]] and [[ontology|ontological]] premises.

==See also==
{{Portal|Politics}}
*[[Feminism (international relations)]]
*[[Postcolonialism (international relations)]]
*[[Postmodernism (international relations)]]

==References==
===Footnotes===
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===Bibliography===
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* {{cite journal
|last=Connolly
|first=William E.
|author-link=William E. Connolly
|year=2013
|title=The 'New Materialism' and the Fragility of Things
|journal=Millennium: Journal of International Studies
|volume=41
|issue=3
|pages=399–412
|doi=10.1177/0305829813486849
|s2cid=143725752
|issn=1477-9021
}}
* {{cite book
|year=2010
|editor1-last=Coole
|editor1-first=Diana
|editor1-link=Diana Coole
|editor2-last=Frost
|editor2-first=Samantha
|title=New Materialisms: Ontology, Agency, and Politics
|location=Durham, North Carolina
|publisher=Duke University Press
|isbn=978-0-8223-4753-8
}}
* {{cite book
|year=2002
|editor1-last=Hobden
|editor1-first=Stephen
|editor2-last=Hobson
|editor2-first=John M.
|editor2-link=John M. Hobson
|title=Historical Sociology of International Relations
|location=Cambridge, England
|publisher=Cambridge University Press
|isbn=978-0-521-80870-5
}}
* {{cite book
|last1=Van der Tuin
|first1=Iris
|last2=Dolphijn
|first2=Rick
|year=2012
|title=New Materialism: Interviews and Cartographies
|location=Ann Arbor, Michigan
|publisher=Open Humanities Press
|doi=10.3998/ohp.11515701.0001.001
|doi-access=free
|isbn=978-1-60785-281-0
|ref={{sfnref|van der Tuin|Dolphijn|2012}}
}}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
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* {{cite journal
|last1=Campell
|first1=David
|author1-link=David Campbell (political scientist)
|last2=George
|first2=Jim
|year=1990
|title=Patterns of Dissent and the Celebration of Difference: Critical Social Theory and International Relations
|journal=International Studies Quarterly
|volume=34
|issue=3
|pages=269–293
|doi=10.2307/2600570
|jstor=2600570
|issn=1468-2478
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Cox
|first=Robert W.
|author-link=Robert W. Cox
|year=2001
|chapter=The Way Ahead: Toward a New Ontology of World Order
|editor-last=Wyn Jones
|editor-first=Richard
|editor-link=Richard Wyn Jones
|title=Critical Theory and World Politics
|url=https://archive.org/details/criticaltheorywo00jone
|url-access=limited
|location=Boulder, Colorado
|publisher=Lyenner Rienner Publishers
|pages=[https://archive.org/details/criticaltheorywo00jone/page/n57 45]–60
|isbn=978-1-55587-802-3
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Devetak
|first=Richard
|year=2005
|chapter=Critical Theory
|editor1-last=Burchill
|editor1-first=Scott
|editor2-last=Linklater
|editor2-first=Andrew
|editor2-link=Andrew Linklater
|editor3-last=Devetak
|editor3-first=Richard
|editor4-last=Donnelly
|editor4-first=Jack
|editor5-last=Paterson
|editor5-first=Matthew
|editor6-last=Reus-Smit
|editor6-first=Christian
|editor6-link=Christian Reus-Smit
|editor7-last=True
|editor7-first=Jacqui
|editor-link7=Jacqui True
|title=Theories of International Relations
|chapter-url=http://lib.jnu.ac.in/sites/default/files/RefrenceFile/Theories-of-IR_0.pdf
|edition=3rd
|location=London
|publisher=Palgrave MacMillan
|pages=137–160
|isbn=978-1-4039-4865-6
|access-date=14 August 2018
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Edkins
|first=Jenny
|year=1999
|title=Poststructuralism & International Relations: Bringing the Political Back in
|location=Boulder, Colorado
|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers
|isbn=978-1-55587-845-0
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Enloe
|first=Cynthia
|author-link=Cynthia Enloe
|year=2004
|title=The Curious Feminist: Searching for Women in a New Age of Empire
|location=Berkeley, California
|publisher=University of California Press
|isbn=978-0-520-24381-1
|url-access=registration
|url=https://archive.org/details/curiousfeminists00enlo
}}
* {{cite book
|last=George
|first=Jim
|year=1994
|title=Discourses of Global Politics: A Critical (Re)Introduction to International Relations
|location=Boulder, Colorado
|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers
|isbn=978-1-55587-446-9
}}
* {{cite book
|year=1999
|editor1-last=Jabri
|editor1-first=Vivienne
|editor1-link=Vivienne Jabri
|editor2-last=O'Gorman
|editor2-first=Eleanor
|title=Women, Culture, and International Relations
|location=Boulder, Colorado
|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers
|isbn=978-1-55587-701-9
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Keyman
|first=Emin Fuat
|author-link=Emin Fuat Keyman
|year=1997
|title=Globalization, State, Identity/Difference: Toward a Critical Social Theory of International Relations
|location=Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
|publisher=Humanities Press
|isbn=978-1-57392-605-8
}}
* {{cite journal
|last=Linklater
|first=Andrew
|author-link=Andrew Linklater
|year=1986
|title=Realism, Marxism and Critical International Theory
|journal=Review of International Studies
|volume=12
|issue=4
|pages=301–312
|doi=10.1017/S0260210500113865
|jstor=20097092
|s2cid=143765625
}}
* {{cite journal
|last=Linklater
|first=Andrew
|author-link=Andrew Linklater
|author-mask={{long dash}}
|year=1992
|title=The Question of the Next Stage in International Relations Theory: A Critical-Theoretical Point of View
|journal=Millennium
|volume=21
|issue=1
|pages=77–98
|doi=10.1177/03058298920210010601
|s2cid=144042272
|issn=1477-9021
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Linklater
|first=Andrew
|author-link=Andrew Linklater
|author-mask={{long dash}}
|year=1996
|chapter=The Achievements of Critical Theory
|editor1-last=Smith
|editor1-first=Steve
|editor2-last=Booth
|editor2-first=Ken
|editor3-last=Zalewski
|editor3-first=Marysia
|title=International Theory: Positivism and Beyond
|location=Cambridge, England
|publisher=Cambridge University Press
|pages=279–298
|doi=10.1017/CBO9780511660054.015
|isbn=978-0-511-66005-4
}}
* {{cite journal
|last=Linklater
|first=Andrew
|author-link=Andrew Linklater
|author-mask={{long dash}}
|year=1997
|title=The Transformation of Political Community: E.&nbsp;H. Carr, Critical Theory and International Relations
|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-international-studies/article/the-transformation-of-political-community-e-h-carr-critical-theory-and-international-relations/C983D0776412061C574A6CAC9A9A4F96
|url-access=subscription
|journal=Review of International Studies
|volume=23
|issue=3
|pages=321–338
|jstor=20097484
|issn=1469-9044
|access-date=14 August 2018
|doi=10.1017/S0260210597003215
|s2cid=145550812
}}
* {{cite book
|year=2007
|editor-last=Roach
|editor-first=Steven C.
|title=Critical Theory and International Relations: A Reader
|location=New York
|publisher=Routledge
|isbn=978-0-415-95419-8
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Ross
|first=Carne
|author-link=Carne Ross
|year=2007
|title=Independent Diplomat: Despatches from an Unaccountable Elite
|location=London
|publisher=C. Hurst & Co
|isbn=978-1-85065-843-6
|jstor=10.7591/j.ctt1tm7g38
|chapter=Dispatches from an Unaccountable Elite
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Sylvester
|first=Christine
|year=2002
|title=Feminist International Relations: An Unfinished Journey
|series=Cambridge Studies in International Relations
|volume=77
|location=Cambridge, England
|publisher=Cambridge University Press
|isbn=978-0-521-79177-9
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Weber
|first=Cynthia
|author-link=Cynthia Weber
|year=2004
|title=International Relations Theory: A Critical Introduction
|edition=2nd
|location=Abingdon, England
|publisher=Taylor & Francis
|isbn=978-0-415-34208-7
}}
* {{cite book
|last=Roach
|first=Steven C.
|author1-link=Steven C. Roach
|year=2013
|title=Critical Theory of International Politics: Complementarity, Justice, and Governance
|edition=1st
|location=Abingdon, England
|publisher=Routledge
|isbn=978-0-415-77484-0
}}
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