| ID | 161631 |
| Title Proper | Mind-body problem and the move from supervenience to quantum mechanics |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kessler, Oliver |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | At a time when most articles in International Relations (IR) go ‘micro’ and praise the promises of some new empiricism,1 Alexander Wendt shows with his Quantum Mind and Social Science: Unifying Physical and Social Ontology (hereafter Quantum Mind and Social Science) that Theory with a capital T is not dead at all. 2 This is a book that one not only reads, but one can actually study with much to think about. Wendt guides us through a world that is certainly fascinating, full of paradoxes, and mind-boggling insights.3 It is somewhat of a shame that for far too long, modern physics has not been part of our deliberations. At the same time, I think it is pretty fair to say that Wendt is not interested in fulfilling any pre-established expectations about what the ‘author’ Wendt stood for in IR so far. |
| `In' analytical Note | Millennium: Journal of International Studies Vol. 47, No.1; Sep 2018: p.74-86 |
| Journal Source | Millennium: Journal of International Studies 2018-10 47, 1 |
| Key Words | Constructivism ; Speech Act Theory ; Mind-Body Problem |