The Historical Changes Of The Liberal International Relations Theory: Progress And Its Problems

In this thesis the author thinks of historical logic and intelectual genelogy as the clues,pays more attentions to developments of the thoughts of important representative figures,indicates the scholarly evolution of Liberal International Relations Theory(LPRT) and the process of conceptual evolution of some specific concepts and categories.Specificly speaking,the author tries to discuss the thoughts sources and scholarly change of LPRT from the perspectives of historical context in long-term peoriod and the history of political thoughts,further grasps the intellectual history of LPRT from the Renaissance,the Enligntment Movement to the present.The author will probe the thought evolution, the approach of change and transformation of LPRT from the two dimensions of both social context and intellectual context of theoretical production,in particular do some reseraches combined with the history of political thoughts in England and America,emphasize the integration of liberal political theory and International Relations Theory.This thesis aims to make an inquiry how the research traditions of LPRT influence the ideas of international relations,shape political decisions and how social settings affected by those ideas and decisions in practice bring out the historical evolution of LPRT.In the different historical peoriod,the profound meanings of liberalism bring out the different changes,and this leads liberalists to change their viewpoints on attitudes of international relations.The author in this thesis stresses the analysis of origin,development and change of the study of LPRT and reads those important liberal thinkers or theoreists in the discipline of International Relations,and further show the diversities of thoughts and methods in internal LPRT.The scholarly investigations and theoretical analysis of LPRT will not only contribute to theoretical innovations and the expandment of research agendas of liberal international relations study,but also contribute to understandings and grasp of contemporary global political economy,hold the developmental trends of the real social world.The development of LPRT may be divided into the several stages below:1)the peoriod from 16,17century to 19century,the formation and transformation of the liberal tradition of international relations study;2)peoriod from the beginnings of 20century to the forties of 20 century,the rise and stillness;3)peoriod from the forties of 20 century to the sixties of 20 century,continuities of liberal traditons;4)peoriod from the seventies of 20 century to eighties of 20 century,the revival of the liberal tradition;5)peoriod from the nineties of 20 century to the persent,the expand,deepenings and reflections of the liberal tradition.LPRT has the distinctive characteristic of theoretical progress and has the scholarly limits of ignorance of cultural diversities and the specific history of the different countries and regions.So the author not only appraise LPRT from the perspectives of theory and historical experiences and also analyse the potentials and chanllenges of LPRT and further do some reflective investigations about LPRT.The innovative points of this thesis is that the author beginnes with the thoughts of reprensentative figures of Britich and American LPRT,delineates and combs the formation,development and trends of the traditons of LPRT,indicates the evolutionary process of its concepts and categories, analyses and reflects on the scholarly meanings of LPRT.In sum,this thesis aims to do some analysis about the scholarly siginificance of LPRT in the dimensions of political pratice and social ideology,indicates the intellectual genelogy and ponders the scholarly values and limits.