Abstract

To evaluate International Relations Theory (IRT), the author puts forward a paradigm of“personal identity2national identity features of the time.”Based on this paradigm, the paper focuses on the national identity of IRT, i.g., how the American mode of thinking , political culture , national mission and national character shape the intension and extension of IRT. It points out that the national identity of IRT has been strongly affiliated with“Americanization.”In other words , the U.S. not only has become the research subject of IRT ,but has also become the dominating factor of IR studies; the U. S. not only has dominated the methodology and axiology of IR studies ,but has also dominated its ontology and epistemology. From this perspective , the author explores the possibility of“Sinicization”of IRT and argues that by doing so Chinese scholars should create a new system and doctrine for IR studies.

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