The Puzzles of Politics: Inquiries into the Genesis and Transformation of International Relations

by Kratochwil; Friedrich

• ISBN13: 9780415581028
• ISBN10: 0415581028
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-10-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book brings together a collection of Friedrich Kratochwil's key essays to explain his approach to international relations and how his thinking has developed over the last 30 years. It addresses topical themes and issues, including sovereignty, law, epistemology, boundaries, global governance and world society.

Author Biography

Friedrich Kratochwil is presently Professor of International Relations at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and visiting scholar at Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. After receiving his Ph.D. from Princeton he taught in the US at Maryland, Columbia and Penn, before returning to the LMU in Munich, Germany. He has been the editor of the European Journal of International Relations and member of the editorial boards of several journals, including the Journal International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, International Studies Quarterly, International Organization, World Politics, Review of International Studies, and the Journal of International Relations and Development.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
A Wanderer between two worlds: An attempt at an intellectual biography	p. 1
Defining the approach	p. 13
The Humean perspective on international relations	p. 15
On the notion of ôinterestö in international relations	p. 38
Sovereignty, property and propriety: The generative grammar of modernity	p. 64
Writings on international law	p. 81
Thrasymmachos revisited: On the relevance of norms and the study of law for international relations	p. 83
The limits of contract	p. 99
Has the ôrule of lawö become a ôrule of lawyersö? An inquiry into the use and abuse of an ancient topos in contemporary debates	p. 126
Writings on epistemology	p. 151
Constructing a new orthodoxy? Wendt's ôsocial theory of international politicsö and the constructivist challenge	p. 153
History, action and identity: Revisiting the ôsecondö great debate and assessing its importance for social theory	p. 181
Ten points to ponder about pragmatism: Some critical reflections on knowledge generation in the social sciences	p. 200
Drawing boundaries: The inter/external and the private/public nexus	p. 217
Of systems, boundaries, and territoriality: An inquiry into the formation of the state system	p. 219
The politics of place and origin: An enquiry into the changing boundaries of representation, citizenship and legitimacy	p. 241
Global governance and the emergence of ôworld societyö	p. 262
Index	p. 281
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