Introduction: Praxis as a Perspective on International Politics
Journal: Bristol University Press eBooks
Year: 2022

This introductory chapter gives an overview of the book, clarifies the guiding concept of praxis and explains how the sections and chapters relate to each other. It maps current debates in IR theory and locates the praxis perspective within them. It distinguishes the praxis approach from ‘theorizing’ as conventionally understood in the social sciences, pointing out that praxis needs to be understood as ‘social action here and now’, historically situated and highly context-dependent. It also plac