Intro to Constructivist Theory, pt. 1

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[MsZuri1]

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[mikejb28]

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[bennyke1979]

I consider myself a rationalist, and never really understood constructivism. This lecture however gave me a much better understanding. Thanks!

[UlTrA2GaMeR]

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[canaan1967]

Where is the first part? Seems like this should be part 2

[brevicaudate]

Quick question - what do you mean when you describe the French national identity as being "imperfectly coterminous with" the French state? That it is in some respect fundamentally incompatible with it? I'm sure this is just a discrepancy in jargon; not a content-related misunderstanding (I'm an English postgraduate in EU politics and government, but I'm also interested in International Relations). Maybe the expression is an Americanism, but I'd appreciate some clarification if possible. Thanks!

[brevicaudate]

okaaaayyyyy.... i'm guessing you're not going to answer that question. And you call yourself a "lecturer", lol. Lecturing doesn't just involve talking at your students; it's supposed to be part of a two-way process where you inform them of your subject, and then engage with them, answering any questions they might have, such as this. I wonder if you even know what you meant by "imperfectly coterminous"... lol. Judging by your non-reply, I rather doubt it!

[dnexon]

YouTube keeps on eating my reply. Let me try again.

What I mean is that the borders of the French state (1) include people who do not consider themselves "French" and (2) do not include everyone who considers him or herself "French."

Anyway, you must realize that responding to youtube queries isn't at the top of my list of things to do, and that a delay of a week is not all that long in the grand scheme of things.

[Shnufkin]

@brevicaudate Please. 'Imperfectly coterminous' does not mean incompatible, it just means not wholly convergent. For an English student you seem to have a limited grasp of the language.

[brevicaudate]

@Shnufkin - Well from a nationalist perspective, the dominant ethnic groups that exist in modern France are indeed incompatible. Look at the number of Muslims that have been flooding through its borders in the past ten years, completely eradicating its culture and establishing their own; initially in small enclaves, but recently pushing for Islam on a mass scale. Hence the action by Sarkozy to ban the burka. Islam is not compatible with French culture; to that extent, my assumption was correct.

[Shnufkin]

@brevicaudate What? That's besides the point. The lecturer is using France as an example. He could just as easily have used Italy, the USA, the UK, Australia, Russia, or any other nation-state. To pick it apart this specific example is simply pedantry. His point is that, though the national identity of a country and the state are theorerically coterminus, they are frequently only convergent to a certain extent.

You're trying to initiate an irrelevant multiculturalism vs integration argument.

[starry4sky]

@brevicaudate Yes, it could be argued that the French culture and Islamic cultures find it difficult to work alongside one another but that could be less to do with their compatibility and more to do with the xenophobia/islamophobia of the French. I reject the idea that muslims "have been flooding through [France's] borders...completely eradicating its culture and establishing their own."

[Blockup5]

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[dnexon]

I'm happy to do that... if you can tell me what you mean.

[EstateSoundMatt]

He's talking about volume... It's fine. PS THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO. I'm curious why so much of IR theory terminology is different from philosophical terminology. So many of the ideas are the same.

[dnexon]

@EstateSoundMatt You're welcome. Fields often develop their own terminology and vocabulary to talk about the same concepts. Sometimes they borrow ideas and rename them; sometimes they borrow names but the meaning drifts/changes. Are there particular things you were thinking of?

[righteousdevil]

Thanks Dr. Nexon! This was an excellent intro. to Constructivism. I have an exam this Tuesday, and this was a wonderful supplement to my own lecture notes:)

[velanstiz]

wheres part 2/3, and 3/3?

[stalone17]

thanks for this video!