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1、TheChineseJournalofInternationalPolitics,2012,1of34doi:10.1093/cjip/pos001TheTributarySystemasInternationalSocietyinTheoryandPracticeyzZhangYongjin*andBarryBuzanDownloadedfromHowhavedifferentculturesandpeoplesconstructedtheirpoliticalcommu-http://cjip

2、.oxfordjournals.org/nitiesandorganizedtheirinternationallifeinhistory?Inwhichwayshasorderbeendifferentlyconceptualizedandpursuedthroughadiverserangeofinstitutionalpracticesindifferentculturalandworldhistoricalcontexts,andwhy?Whatwereworldorderslikebef

3、oretheriseofcapitalismandtheexpansionofEuropeandtheimpositionoftheWestphalianmodel?Howisitpossibletoexplainwhydifferentinternationalsocieties,asweunderstandthemtoday,havecreateddifferentfundamentalinstitutionsandadoptedradicallydifferentinstitutionald

4、esignsintheirpursuitofpeaceandcooper-atUniversityofBristolLibraryonFebruary10,2012ationacrossspaceandtime?Whyisitimportanttoconsiderthetransform-ationofinternationalordersbeyondEuropeanhistoryintheorizingInternationalRelations?Fromwheredoesthecurrentg

5、lobalorderemergeindeepworldhistoricalterms?Theseareamonganumberofkeyquestionsraisedincollectivecriticalreflectionsonandre-evaluationofthetheorizingenterprisewithinthedisciplineofInternationalRelations(IR).Theyarequestionsthathavebeenexploredandinterro

6、gatedduringthelasttwodecadesaspartofoureffortstounderstandthestillunfoldingsystemictransformationofinternationalrelations.ThesearchforanswerstothesequestionsmarksadiscernibleturninthestudiesofIRtoHistory.Ostensibly,thishistoricalturninIRtheorizingisac

7、ritiqueoftheRealistclaimof‘timelesswisdom’and,morebroadly,ofthefailureofmainstreamIRtheoriestotakehistoryseriously.ItisanexpressionofdissatisfactionwithuniversalizingIRtheories.ContemporaryIRissaidtobe‘historo-phobic’,as‘itviewshistoricalanalysisassup

8、erfluous,orexogenous,toyZhangYongjinisProfessorofInternationalPoliticsatSchoolofSociology,PoliticsandInternationalStudies,UniversityofBristol.zBarryBuzanisMontagueBurtonProfessorofInternationalRelationsattheLondonSchoolofEconomicsandhonorarypr