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Sommario
Introduction: mapping out the problem of practices; Part I. A Philosophical Analysis of Social Practices: 1. Practice theory: a preliminary view; 2. Bourdieu and the practice turn in international relations; 3. Practice theory: a basic philosophical template; Part II. Practices in International Relations: 4. Two core practices in international relations: a neo-Hegelian perspective; 5. The dialectic of global practices; 6. Practice theory, macro practices and the study of international relations.
Info autore
Silviya Lechner is a visiting researcher at King's College London, Department of War Studies, where she was previously a lecturer. She specialises in international relations theory and philosophy, especially social and political philosophy and philosophy of action. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of International Political Theory, the Review of International Studies, International Studies Review, Oxford Research Encyclopaedia on International Studies, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy and The American Journal of Bioethics.Mervyn Frost is Professor of International Relations in the Department of War Studies, King's College London and Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg. His monographs include: Towards a Normative Theory of International Relations (Cambridge, 1986), Ethics in International Relations (Cambridge, 1996), Constituting Human Rights: Global Civil Society and the Society of Democratic States (2002) and Global Ethics: Anarchy, Freedom and International Relations (2008). He edited a 4 volume reference book of articles entitled International Ethics (2011).
Riassunto
Lechner and Frost provide a new philosophical analysis of social practices in order to illuminate major issues in international relations. Following in the footsteps of Oakeshott, Wittgenstein and Hegel, this book forms an important contribution to international relations, philosophy and the social sciences.
