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

• Pubblicazione: Bristol, England : , : Bristol University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 pages)
• Disciplina: 327
• Soggetto topico: International relations - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): SteffekJens; HellmannGunther <1960->
• Note generali: 11 The Praxis of Change and Theory.; Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Praxis as a perspective on international politics
• ISBN: 1-5292-2050-5; 1-5292-2049-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910743210203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Bristol Studies in International Theory