LES LIMITES DE L’INJONCTION INTERDISCIPLINAIRE
THE LIMITS TO THE INTERDISCIPLINARITY INJUNCTION
Author(s): Philippe Le PrestreSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Civil Society, Governance, Culture and social structure , State/Government and Education, Management and complex organizations, Studies in violence and power, Nationalism Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Globalization, Geopolitics, Identity of Collectives, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: interdisciplinarity; international relations; theory; perverse effects;
Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of this contribution is to reflect on the interdisciplinarity mantra. To that end, it first identifies the links between the initial motivations and the practice of interdisciplinary research, proceeds with an examination of the challenges that various types of interdisciplinary collaboration present, before concluding with a few remarks on the potential perverse effects of the interdisciplinarity injunction. Indeed, this approach must go beyond problem resolution and encompass a theoretical ambition as well. To that end, it must rest on strong disciplines which the need for an interdisciplinary perspective will nevertheless transform. Being defined less by its results that by a process, interdisciplinarity is only one of various research strategies rather than an end in itself.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Studia Europaea
- Issue Year: 63/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 187-200
- Page Count: 14
- Language: French