Praxis as a Perspective on International Politics
Edited by Gunther Hellmann and Jens Steffek
ISBN
978-1529220476Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529220469Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529220483Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529220483Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
Praxis as a Perspective on International Politics
This collection brings together leading figures in the study of International Relations to explore praxis as a perspective on international politics and law. With its focus on competent judgements, the praxis approach holds the promise to overcome the divide between knowing and acting that marks positivist International Relations theory.
Building on the transdisciplinary work of Friedrich Kratochwil – and with a concluding chapter from him – this book reveals the scope, limits and blind spots of praxis theorizing.
For anyone involved in international politics, this is an important contribution to the reconciliation of theory and practice and an inspiration for future research.
EPDFs of Chapters 1, 4, 9, 13, 15 and 16 are available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.
“Theorizing is just one of the modes of praxis that contributors to this splendid collection of essays theorize – with exceptional skill and to remarkable effect.” Nicholas Onuf, Florida International University
Gunther Hellmann is Professor of Political Science at Goethe University.
Jens Steffek is Professor of Transnational Governance at the Technical University of Darmstadt.
1. Introduction: Praxis as a Perspective on International Politics - Gunther Hellmann and Jens Steffek
Part 1: Theorizing Praxis
2. Knowing, Remembering, Showing But Still Not Seeing: Critical Praxis, Slavery and the Modern ‘We’ - K.M. Fierke
3. Friedrich Kratochwil: Prophet of Doubt? - Cecelia Lynch
4. Styles of Theorizing International Practice - Christian Bueger
5. Practising Theorizing in Theorizing Praxis: Friedrich Kratochwil and Social Inquiry - Gunther Hellmann
Part 2: Praxis and the Law
6. If Not Rome or The Hague, Where? Reflections on Sanctioning and Punishing - Chris Brown
7. Practical Constitutionalism - Anthony F. Lang, Jr.
8. Rules, Institutions and Decisions: Taking Distribution Seriously - Jan Klabbers
Part 3: Biology, Contingency and History
9. I Think, Therefore IR? Psychology, Biology and the Notion of Praxis - James W. Davis
10. Practice, Intersubjectivity and the Problem of Contingency - Oliver Kessler
11. The Praxis of Change and Theory - Mathias Albert
12. Thinking on Time: How Scholarly Praxis Can Sustain, Subvert and Transform Social Reality - Jörg Friedrichs
Part 4: Theorizing as Intervention
13. Practising Academic Intervention: An Agonistic Reading of Praxis - Antje Wiener
14. Between Science and Politics: Friedrich Kratochwil’s Praxis of ‘Going On’ - Patrick Thaddeus Jackson
15 Praxis, Humanism and the Quest for Wholeness - Jens Steffek
Part 5: Conversing with Critics
16. Acting, Representing, Ruling: A Conversation with My Critics on Social Reproduction and the Logic of Social Inquiry - Friedrich Kratochwil
