Genealogy of heredity and its reflection on racialism in international relations theories
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https://doi.org/10.58342/ghalibqj.V.40.I1.1Keywords:
Theory of international relations, evolutionary philosophy, philosophy of biological sciences, racialismAbstract
From the beginning of scientific debates about inheritance and the transmission of traits from parents to children, the philosophy of biology and social sciences has taken a long journey. It has been a fundamental philosophical question whether human nature is predetermined by genetic profile or constructed by the environment, which has given rise to one of the most profound philosophical debates: Nature vs. Nurture. In this article, we examine the separation of the social from the biological through the lens of the genealogy of the concept of inheritance and its implications for the racism of international relations. In this article, the main question is: What impact has the genealogy of inheritance had on international relations theories? Using the method of genealogy, we have attempted to answer this question. As well, with the transcendance of social science philosophy from biological sciences in the 1980s, the standard social science thinking model has shifted to discourse and semantic thinking in international relations theory, and this view has been reflected in the postcolonialist approach to racism.
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