Technology Philosophy and Theorizing of International Relations: Toward a Social Ontology

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Question about the nature of technology and its relation with the theories of the international relations have not had the same importance in different time contexts. The developments in the information technology revolutions with deep effects on the formation of societies socio-economic and the reconfiguration of the international political economics system, has brought the technology and its mechanisms to the center of theorizing in this field of study. Hence, philosophical contemplation on the place and function of technology in the international relations and its nature is required. Taken for granted in the philosophy of technology the aforementioned phenomenon can’t be reduced to its technical face rather it deals with the construction and evolution of realities, with the ontological and epistemological bases of thought. What is being questioned in this article is what effects have technological developments had on the political economy and international relations structure in regard to the process of theorizing in this field. In this research it’s claimed that the technological change as a basic element of reconfiguration of global political economy provides a framework for theorizing the field of study mentioned above.

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