Praxis as a Perspective on International Politics

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. Electronic Reproduction. New York Available Via World Wide Web.