Overcoming poststructuralism : Rawls, Kratochwil and the structure of normative reasoning in international relations /

Overcoming poststructuralism : Rawls, Kratochwil and the structure of normative reasoning in international relations /

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Author / Creator:	O'Loughlin, Antony, 1981- author.
Imprint:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. ©2014
Description:	v, 281 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	International political theory series International political theory.
Subject:	International relations -- Philosophy. Poststructuralism. International relations -- Philosophy. Poststructuralism.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10085013

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ISBN:	9781137380722 (hardback) 1137380721 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-279) and index.
Summary:	"The theorisation of international relations has progressed considerably in recent years to the point that a dialogue between the concurrent disciplines of International Relations (IR), political theory and international law has started to emerge. There is, however, much work still to be done in establishing what could be termed an 'International Theory' - one which contains the potential to transcend arbitrary disciplinary and methodological boundaries (particularly where the subject matter of the respective disciplines - working out a conception of normative reason appropriate to application in considerations of international justice and human rights - is trans-disciplinary in nature). This insightful contemporary critique considers the poststructuralist challenge to the very foundations and methodological commitments of traditional IR theory, as developed by R.B.J. Walker and Richard Ashley in the 1990s and beyond - as well as the various ways in which the discipline has sought to respond to such a pervasive attack on its most cherished beliefs. This study not only brings into question the central tenets of traditional IR theory, but also uses the political thought and theories of key thinkers including John Rawls, Friedrich Kratochwil and Peri Roberts to posit an account of normative reasoning which overcomes the challenges presented by a poststructuralist perspective"--

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Summary:	Through the use of a poststructuralist perspective, Antony O'Loughlin challenges the most basic tenets of International Relations Theory and deploys Rawlsian ideas of public reason in conjunction with Kratochwil's conceptions of practical reason in order to put forward a theory that overcomes the challenges posed by poststructuralism.
Physical Description:	v, 281 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-279) and index.
ISBN:	9781137380722 1137380721