Citation:
[Editor:] Katzenstein, Peter J. [Title:] Uncertainty and Its Discontents: Worldviews in World Politics [ISBN:] 978-1-00-907099-7 [Series:] Cambridge Studies in International Relations [No.:] 158 [DOI/URN:] doi:10.1017/9781009070997 [Publisher:] Cambridge University Press [Place:] Cambridge [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 1-69
Abstract:
This chapter discusses the concept of worldview; relates it to paradigms and substantialist and relational reasoning; maps Newtonianism and Post-Newtonianism (quantum mechanics) and humanism and hyper-humanism (scientific cosmology) as two different dimensions structuring implicit worldviews; specifies four analytical perspectives on world politics; and concludes briefly with two illustrative applications.