Open AccessInternational Relations Perspectives on Technology
Author(s) -
Hassan Imam Essa Hassan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of business and applied social science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2469-6501
DOI - 10.33642/ijbass.v5n7p3
Subject(s) - instrumentalism , essentialism , materialism , international relations theory , power (physics) , international relations , politics , epistemology , sociology , social science , political science , philosophy , law , physics , quantum mechanics
This paper addresses the literature of International Relations approaches to technology as a form of power in international politics in two stages: First, the current IR approaches to technological power in international politics which includes instrumentalism, essentialism and Social Construction of Technology (SCOT). Second, the historical materialist approaches to technological power in IR which includes instrumentalism, essentialism and critical theory of technology.