Chinese Diplomacy Lost Between Historiography and Political Science
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Kuo, Ming-Chieh
Abstract
Is it possible to integrate two disciplines of studying Chinese diplomacy, say, Historiography with the fetish of historical materials and Political Science with the cult of parsimonious theory? Yes, it is. The thesis argues that Sinology, which has long considered China as a distinctive or even unique civilization, could offer an epistemological framework of treating China as a special case, integrating Historiography and Political Science. A falsifiable research is designed to test the argument by symbolic analysis of literature on Chinese diplomacy or foreign policy in two fields. As the preliminary finding demonstrates, such a Sinological epistemological framework is not only appeared in diplomatic historians’ narratives of Chinese diplomacy, but also available in political scientists’ empirical analysis of Chinese foreign policy. That is to say, treating China as a special case is a possible common ground for two disciplines with different methodological concerns to integrate with each other. This Sinological approach thus uncovers the Chinese diplomacy lost between Historiography and Political Science.
Subjects
Chinese diplomacy
diplomatic history
political science
Sinology
epistemological framework
falsifiable test
Type
thesis
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