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Abstract
The aim of this work is to analyse the origins of eurocenturialism, as well as its consolidation in the form of an Anglo-Saxon ethnocentcism, such as the dominant visions in the study of international relations. Similarly, we review the reasons why this ideology is still in place and why these approaches have influenced not only academic discipline but also the same political structure of international society, ignoring the voices of the peripheral regions of this Anglo-Saxon centre. In this regard, it makes an introductory analysis of the role that history has built within discipline and how history has often used it, such as the quarry, from where to extract the facts that have supported shaping theories and paradigms of the present. History has been an exogenous, if not superfluous, tool used for a long time by the dominant ideology, which has contributed to the Eurocentrist paradigm. This work therefore calls for the extension of the geotemporal perspective in the analysis and diversification of thematic issues in international relations to give a voice to all regions of the world. Based on the documentary analysis of various texts, with particular attention to those written outside the traditional European academic centre, such as the work of Deniz Kuru, Türkiye, Melody Fonseca, Puerto Rico, and the opinions of academics from various research centres in Latin America, it is proposed in this article to reconstruct discipline, as Jacques Derrida suggests, not with the aim of dissolving or destroying it, but rather of analysing the structures on which the discursive element is based, the way in which we think, the perspective from which we analyse it. A starting point for enriching this vision is to look in the history of each region of the world for the origins of human interactions, what each region’s history can tell us about its own international experience to tell us that, as Aristotle said, humans are by nature, political, and international is intrinsically linked to human nature. With this humanocentrist vision, we can rightly rebuild a global and inclusive discipline by adding it to the dominant conception and improving it in international relations with a holistic knowledge of international society, giving a guide to theoretical ‘home-made’ drafting.