Pragmatism in IR
The Prospects for Substantive Theorizing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12692872 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Frankel Pratt (0000-0001-6749-3442, University of Bristol, corresponding author), Sebastian M Schmidt (0000-0001-9297-3448, Johns Hopkins University), Deborah Avant (0000-0003-4881-2377, University of Denver), Molly Cochran (0000-0002-2771-966X, Oxford Brookes University), Patrick Thaddeus Jackson (0000-0002-3028-2622, American University), Henry Farrell (0000-0003-0611-3949, Johns Hopkins University), Jack Knight (0000-0002-0367-0785, Duke University), Gunther Hellmann (0000-0002-4011-7954, Goethe University Frankfurt) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1933-1958 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-2486 • E-ISSN: 1521-9488 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/isr/viab019 |
| OpenAlex | W3160797802 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 81 |
The contributors to this forum all draw significantly from pragmatist philosophy and social theory for making sense of international politics. Collectively, we affirm the value of pragmatist work beyond metatheory and methodology, both politically and epistemically—that is, as both a moral project and an explanatory one. Indeed, we are especially united on the notion that pragmatism “bridges” the divide between these things, and several contributors focus their discussion on how. However, we differ in what exactly it means to offer a distinctly pragmatist explanation or a “substantive” pragmatist theory, as well as in how pragmatism allows us to navigate the analytical and ethical challenges of the field. Over ten years ago, an earlier forum in this journal helped establish that pragmatism had something to offer; with over a decade of scholarship and reflection since, we revisit and expand on the question of how to deliver on it
Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Metatheory · Political science · Politics · Pragmatism · Scholarship · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Political Conflict and Governance · Law · Philosophy
The Production of Knowledge
Social Practices
The Reproduction of Mothering
The Function of General Laws in History
Dynamics of Contention
Normative Theory in International Relations
Epistemic Friction
Social Theory of International Politics
World Ordering
Casting a wider net
Quantum Mechanisms
From norms to normative configurations
Fear of Relativism
Theory as a Factor and the Theorist as an Actor
Pragmatism and International Relations
Pragmatism as Ontology, Not (Just) Epistemology
Is Constructivist Ethics an Oxymoron
Ontology, methodology, and causation in the American school of international political economy
The fifth debate and the emergence of complex international relations theory
The Intersection of Pragmatism and Feminism
Scientific Elites and the Making of US Policy for Climate Change Research, 1957-74
Masculinities, IR and the ‘gender variable’
Foregrounding ontology
Is Anybody Still a Realist
Taming Deep Uncertainty
John Dewey's Philosophy of Value
International Relations as a Social Science
Pragmatism, Feminism, and the Sentimental Subject
Beyond Paradigms
Charles Tilly and American Pragmatism
Cult of the Irrelevant
International Pecking Orders
Theory of international politics
Bridging the Gap between Theory and Policy
Practices of Dynamic Order
How Can We Criticize International Practices
Why “isms” Are Evil
A Century of International Relations Feminism
Setting the Advocacy Agenda
Practice Theory and Relationalism as the New Constructivism
Pragmatic Networks and Transnational Governance of Private Military and Security Services
Evolution Without Progress? Humanitarianism in a World of Hurt
What Should Be Done? Pragmatic Constructivist Ethics and the Responsibility to Protect
The agent-structure problem in international relations theory
Moral Limit and Possibility in World Politics
Why IR Needs Deweyan Pragmatism
Relational sociology, pragmatism, transactions and social fields
An Occult of Irrelevance? Multimethod Research and Engagement with thePolicy World
Human rights pragmatism
Diplomacy, agency, and the logic of improvisation and virtuosity in practice
Leaving theory behind
The logic of habit in International Relations
Theory is dead, long live theory
At the Papini hotel
A pragmatist vocation for International Relations
The Play of International Practice
You Just Don't Understand
Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism
Women and the History of International Thought
Wissenschaft als Beruf - Politik als Beruf
Nondemarcated Spaces of Knowledge-Informed Policy Making
A Pragmatist Theory of Social Mechanisms
Is Anyone Listening? International Relations Theory and the Problem of Policy Relevance
Foreign Military Presence and the Changing Practice of Sovereignty
Thinking with Bourdieu against Bourdieu
Theory Must Not Go on Holiday. Wittgenstein, the Pragmatists, and the Idea of Social Science
On Justification and Critique
What Is Agency
Manifesto for a Relational Sociology
A Treatise on Social Theory
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |