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Conceptual Cultivation and Homegrown Theorizing: The Case of/for the Concept of Influence

Kavram Geliştirme ve Yerli Kuramlaştırma: Nüfuz Kavramı Örneği

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47–64
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2022-10-11
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By virtue of imparting indigenous properties, a systematic conceptual cultivation of influence is propounded in this study, which arguably transcends the prohibitive semantic inflexibility and associated shortcomings of conceptual exclusivity in homegrown theorizing.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The absence of theoretical perspectives in International Relations originating in the worldviews and experiences of human geographies outside the West has elicited persistent calls in the discipline for homegrown theoretical frameworks based on indigenous practices and intellectual sensibilities.
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Key Findings & Data:Responding to the veritable marginalization of non-Western viewpoints in the discipline belying the plurality of global experiences, a diverse range of studies on homegrown theorizing has ensued.
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Conclusion & Impact:By virtue of imparting indigenous properties, a systematic conceptual cultivation of influence is propounded in this study, which arguably transcends the prohibitive semantic inflexibility and associated shortcomings of conceptual exclusivity in homegrown theorizing.
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Abstract

The absence of theoretical perspectives in International Relations originating in the worldviews and experiences of human geographies outside the West has elicited persistent calls in the discipline for homegrown theoretical frameworks based on indigenous practices and intellectual sensibilities. Responding to the veritable marginalization of non-Western viewpoints in the discipline belying the plurality of global experiences, a diverse range of studies on homegrown theorizing has ensued. Inasmuch as the initial step in any social theorizing is pertinent to concepts, studies of homegrown theorizing have necessarily engaged conceptual cultivation by drawing on local conceptual resources. Most of these studies, nonetheless, have evinced an analytical proclivity to forge an exclusive and immutable semantic affiliation between concepts and what they signify. Transmuting conceptual indigeneity into conceptional idiosyncrasy, this insular practice of homegrown theorizing can incur manifold degenerative shortcomings. On the other hand, in the lexicon of international relations, influence is a ubiquitous word which is yet to be rigorously conceptualized. By virtue of imparting indigenous properties, a systematic conceptual cultivation of influence is propounded in this study, which arguably transcends the prohibitive semantic inflexibility and associated shortcomings of conceptual exclusivity in homegrown theorizing.

Özet

Uluslararası İlişkiler'de, Batı dışındaki insan coğrafyalarının dünya görüşleri ve deneyimlerinden kaynağını alan teorik bakış açılarının eksikliği, disiplinde yerel özgün uygulamalar ve entelektüel hassasiyetleri temel alan yerli teorik çerçeveler için ısrarcı çağrılara yol açmıştır. Disiplindeki Batı dışı görüşlerin küresel deneyimlerin çoğulculuğu ile ters düşerek ötekileştirilmesine cevap olarak, yerli kuramlaştırmada çok çeşitli çalışmalar ortaya çıkmıştır. Her sosyal kuramlaştırmanın ilk adımının kavramlarla alakalı olması nedeniyle, yerli kuramlaştırma çalışmaları yerel kavramsal kaynaklardan yararlanarak kavramsal geliştirmeyle ilgilenmiştir. Bununla beraber, bu çalışmaların çoğu kavramlar ve simgeledikleri şeyler arasında dışlayıcı ve mutlak bir bağlantı kurmaya yönelik analitik eğilimler göstermektedir. Kavramsal yerel özgünlüğü kavramsal hususiyete dönüştürmek, yani yerli kuramlaştırmanın bu ayrıştırıcı uygulaması, birçok dejeneratif eksiklik oluşturabilir. Diğer bir yandan uluslararası ilişkiler sözlüğünde, nüfuz yaygın olarak kullanılan ancak henüz titizlikle kavramlaştırılmamış bir kelimedir. Bu çalışmada nüfuz, yerlileştirme yolu ile bir kavramsal geliştirmeye tabii tutulmuş ve böylelikle yerli kuramlaştırma literatüründeki, tartışmaya açık olmakla birlikte, engelleyici anlamsal katılık ve bununla ilişkili olarak kavramsal münhasırlık gibi eksiklikler aşılmaya çalışılmıştır.

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ERSOY, E. (2022). Conceptual Cultivation and Homegrown Theorizing: The Case of/for the Concept of Influence. All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace, Cilt: 7 - Sayı: 2, 47–64. https://ajindex.com/articles/435006

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