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.