Molly Cochran

Normative Theory in International Relations (eBook, PDF)

A Pragmatic Approach

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Produktbeschreibung

Normative theory in international relations, as it is discussed at present in the framework of the cosmopolitan/communitarian debate, is in a condition of stasis. Cosmopolitan and communitarian positions are generally assumed to be irreconcilable, with no means available for reaching conclusions on ethical questions in world politics. This book pursues three lines of inquiry. First, it aims to examine the nature and the extent of the impasse within this debate. Second, it re-evaluates whether the cosmopolitan/communitarian dichotomy offers a complete picture of the most pressing issues at stake within normative international relations theory. The book suggests that a more refined focus on epistemology and questions of foundationalism and antifoundationalism is necessary. Third, it constructs an argument for a normative approach to international ethics which draws from the tradition of American pragmatism and is sensitive to the wider picture of concerns raised in the course of the book.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 1999
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511035692
• Artikelnr.: 38213289

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I. Evaluating the Impasse: 1. Cosmopolitanism: Rawlsian
approaches to international distributive justice; 2. Communitarianism:
Michael Walzer and international justice; 3. Beyond the impasse? Hegelian
method in the cosmopolitanism of Andrew Linklater and the communitarianism
of Mervyn Frost; Part II. Confronting the Impasse: 4. Poststructuralist
antifoundationalism, ethics, and normative IR theory; 5. Neo-pragmatist
antifoundationalism, ethics, and normative IR theory; Part III.
International Ethics as Pragmatic Critique: 6. International ethics as
pragmatic critique: a pragmatic synthesis of the work of John Dewey and
Richard Rorty; 7. Facilitating moral inclusion: feminism and pragmatic
critique; 8. From moral imagination to international public spheres: the
political and institutional implications of pragmatic critique; Conclusion.