24.10.2016
Friedrich Kratochwil: Theory of political practice?
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kratochwil (Professor emeritus of International Relations)
I. Critical comments on the “practice turn”
II. Critical comments on “ideal theory”
The two lectures deal with the problem of the possibility of a theory of practice. The first sheds light on these problems through a critical examination of the “practice turn” in international relations and the Humean critique of an approach based on the modern scientific understanding of the social world. The second lecture attempts to take these ideas further by critiquing attempts at an “ideal theory”, which have been common since the early Habermas and Rawls and have also become dominant in political theory
