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Being-in-the-world of the international

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2015

GERARD VAN DER REE
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Abstract

Even though the international permeates our daily lives in many ways, it rarely discloses itself as part of our everyday engagements. Drawing from Martin Heidegger’s phenomenology, this article seeks to explore the ways in which the international remains hidden to, as well as the ways in which the international can become part of, our being-in-the-world. Additionally, it will show the terms in which International Relations (IR) scholars can disclose the world of the international, and what the implications of that ‘knowing’ are for the discipline. Finally, it will explore the possibilities and limitations of a Heidegerrian phenomenology for a social science such as IR.

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Review of International Studies , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , October 2015 , pp. 781 - 798
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© 2015 British International Studies Association 

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Footnotes

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I would like to thank Stijn Bollinger, Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, Marina Lazëri, and the peer reviewers for their valuable feedback.

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