Bu makalenin amacı uluslararası ilişkiler ve tarih disiplinleri arasındaki etkileşime değinerek sosyal bilimlerdeki

This article emphasizes the importance of interdisiplinarity in the social sciences by analyzing the relationship betweeninternational relations and history. The first section examines the influence of history in the emergence of the greatdebates of international relations. The second section analyzes the historical context in which positivist internationalrelations theories emerged. After these ontological and epistemological perspectives, the article concludes with anoverview of how post-positivist theories have contributed to the field methodologically by making use of historicalapproaches. This multi-level analysis will show the long history of the interaction between the two disciplines, andfurther point out that historical international relations may help overcome Eurocentricism, which is an intrinsiccharacteristics of the main international relations theories.