Methodological Nationalism in Global Studies and Beyond

Agnes Katalin Koos and Kenneth Keulman
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Agnes Katalin Koos: Institutional Research & Planning, Feather River College, Quincy, CA 95971, USA
Kenneth Keulman: Loyola University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA

Social Sciences, 2019, vol. 8, issue 12, 1-20

Abstract: Global studies, or the study of globalization, is a diverse field of research, with different disciplinary focuses and with some national versions. Russian Alexander Chumakov constructed it as a philosophical discipline, while in U.S. academia it is considered an empirical inquiry at the intersection of area studies, international studies, and international relations. This paper focuses on American global studies, pointing out the heavy epistemological burden it inherited from the field of knowledge dominated by international relations, which enshrines both methodological and political nationalism. International relations makes claims to be the sole theory originator in this field, but it may be criticized for several methodological and ethical issues (such as unwarranted simplifications that purge empirical contents to the point of unfalsifiability, antiquated epistemic ideals, Western and hegemonic biases, besides methodological nationalism), thus alternate theorizations are highly desirable.

Keywords: methodological nationalism; nation-state; state/anarchy model; globalization; epistemic ideals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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