Praxis as a perspective on international politics / / edited by Gunther Hellmann, Jens Steffek.

• Superior document: Bristol Studies in International Theory
• TeilnehmendeR: Steffek, Jens,; Hellmann, Gunther, 1960-
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, England : : Bristol University Press,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Bristol Studies in International Theory
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (322 pages)

Bringing together leading figures in the study of international relations, this collection explores praxis as a perspective on international politics and law. It builds on the transdisciplinary work of Friedrich Kratochwil to reveal the scope, limits and blind spots of praxis theorizing.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Half-title -- Series Information -- Praxis as a Perspective on International Polotics -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Praxis as a Perspective on International Politics -- Situating praxis theorizing -- Fritz Kratochwil and praxis theorizing -- Outline of the volume -- References -- Part I Theorizing Praxis -- 2 Knowing, Remembering, Showing But Still Not Seeing: Critical Praxis, Slavery and the Modern 'We' -- Introduction -- Knowing and Hume's silence -- Remembering and forgetting slavery -- Showing and seeing -- Reconstituting the conversation -- References -- 3 Friedrich Kratochwil: Prophet of Doubt? -- Introduction -- Time, meaning and history -- Kratochwil's Humean theology of action -- Prophecy and doubt -- False prophecy -- The prophet's 'universe'/to whom does the prophet speak? -- Conclusion: Action and meaning in our common life -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4 Styles of Theorizing International Practice -- Introduction -- The new theoretical uncertainty -- The practice turn's 'theory debate' -- Theorizing: some basic considerations and themes -- Styles of theorizing practice -- Exploring some exemplars -- Mechanism -- Meditation -- Method -- Experimentation -- Theorizing creatively -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5 Practising Theorizing in Theorizing Praxis: Friedrich Kratochwil and Social Inquiry -- Introduction -- Theorizing praxis -- Practising theorizing -- Theorizing theorizing -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part II Praxis and the Law -- 6 If Not Rome or The Hague, Where? Reflections on Sanctioning and Punishing -- Introduction -- Kratochwil on sanctions -- Kratochwil on punishment -- Theory and practice: a short digression -- Praxis and policy -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Practical Constitutionalism.

Introduction -- Kratochwil's Aristotle -- Aristotle's practical constitutionalism -- Practical global constitutionalism -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Rules, Institutions and Decisions: Taking Distribution Seriously -- Introduction -- Rules and distribution -- Two intellectual operations -- The distributive role of international organizations -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Biology, Contingency and History -- 9 I Think, Therefore IR? Psychology, Biology and the Notion of Praxis -- Introduction -- The psychology of feelings, cognition and behaviour -- Evolutionary legacy -- From culture to cognition -- Behavioural genetics -- Cultural epigenetics? -- Practising praxis -- Psychobiology of praxis -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Practice, Intersubjectivity and the Problem of Contingency -- Introduction -- On the problem of cooperation in game theory and beyond -- Contingency and the logic of social facts -- A Humean approach to uncertainty? Institutions as discovery process -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 The Praxis of Change and Theory -- Introduction -- Constituting and changing -- Constitution and social differentiation -- Change: 'of what?' and 'how?' -- Conclusion: Praxis and theory -- References -- 12 Thinking on Time: How Scholarly Praxis Can Sustain, Subvert and Transform Social Reality -- Introduction -- Triple hermeneutics -- Interpretive social science -- Critical genealogy -- Genealogy reloaded -- History for life -- Dialectics of history -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Theorizing as Intervention -- 13 Practising Academic Intervention: An Agonistic Reading of Praxis -- Introduction -- Practising academic intervention from the positions of privilege and responsibility -- An agonistic reading of Praxis -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References.

14 Between Science and Politics: Friedrich Kratochwil's Praxis of 'Going On' -- Introduction -- Responsible politicians -- Constituting the public -- The scholarly vocation -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 15 Praxis, Humanism and the Quest for Wholeness -- Introduction -- Humanism and the quest for wholeness -- The habit of distancing -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part V Conversing with Critics -- 16 Acting, Representing, Ruling: A Conversation with My Critics on Social Reproduction and the Logic of Social Inquiry -- Introduction -- Seeing and grasping -- The setting -- 'What shall we do?' Some thoughts on institutionalized action, law and professional responsibility -- Some further questions of law and its empire -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.