Theoretical perspective explored in Institutionalist by Robert Cox.
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"Theory is always for someone and for some purpose. All theories have a perspective. Perspectives derive from a position in" rel="nofollow">in time and space, specifically social and political time and space. The
world is seen from a standpoin" rel="nofollow">int defin" rel="nofollow">ineable in" rel="nofollow">in terms of nation or social class, of domin" rel="nofollow">inance or subordin" rel="nofollow">ination, of risin" rel="nofollow">ing or declin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing power, of a sense of immobility or of present crisis, of past
experience, and of hopes and expectations for the future. Of course, sophisticated theory is never just the expression of a perspective. The more sophisticated a theory is, the more it reflects
upon and transcends its own perspective; but the in" rel="nofollow">initial perspective is always contain" rel="nofollow">ined within" rel="nofollow">in a theory and is relevant to its explication. There is, accordin" rel="nofollow">ingly, no such thin" rel="nofollow">ing as theory in" rel="nofollow">in
itself, divorced from a standpoin" rel="nofollow">int in" rel="nofollow">in time and space. When any theory so represents itself, it is the more important to examin" rel="nofollow">ine it as ideology, and to lay bare its concealed perspective."
- Robert W. Cox, ‘Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory’, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, Vol. 10, No. 2, p. 128.
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