Jason Ralph
@jasonralph.bsky.social
Prof International Relations. Author of On Global Learning. Pragmatic Constructivism, International Practice and the Challenge of Global Governance, Cambridge University Press, 2023.
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June 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
According to Spotify I am in the top 0.001 percent on Max Richter listeners for this reason.
… further develops the praxeological branch of CIRT, and better informs the political left’s response to the alienating effects of the liberal international order and the rise of right-wing populism.
May 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
… further develops the praxeological branch of CIRT, and better informs the political left’s response to the alienating effects of the liberal international order and the rise of right-wing populism.
Second, I look forward from Habermasian-inspired theory to the 3rd generation (and Pragmatist-inspired) ‘recognition theory’ of Honneth. This brings a critical edge to IR ontological security studies …
May 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Second, I look forward from Habermasian-inspired theory to the 3rd generation (and Pragmatist-inspired) ‘recognition theory’ of Honneth. This brings a critical edge to IR ontological security studies …
I set a future agenda based on the Pragmatism of Dewey. This helps CIRT realize the emancipatory potential in IR’s recent ‘practice turn’, addressing concerns that CIRT is disengaged. It challenges critical / problem-solving binaries in ways that speak to real world challenges like climate change.
May 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I set a future agenda based on the Pragmatism of Dewey. This helps CIRT realize the emancipatory potential in IR’s recent ‘practice turn’, addressing concerns that CIRT is disengaged. It challenges critical / problem-solving binaries in ways that speak to real world challenges like climate change.
Firstly, these proposals underplay the reasons why 1st generation theorising failed; secondly, CIRT risks throwing the 2nd generation Habermas-Linklater ‘baby’ out with the ‘bathwater’ when it has a particular value. I do two things.
May 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Firstly, these proposals underplay the reasons why 1st generation theorising failed; secondly, CIRT risks throwing the 2nd generation Habermas-Linklater ‘baby’ out with the ‘bathwater’ when it has a particular value. I do two things.
Critical IR Theory (CIRT) is in ‘crisis’. Some argue for a recovery of ‘the inspirational quality’ of Horkheimer and Adorno’s 1st generation negative critique. Certainly, the challenge of right-wing populism begs questions of CIRT’s ‘consolatory’ cosmopolitanism. I have two concerns, however.
May 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Critical IR Theory (CIRT) is in ‘crisis’. Some argue for a recovery of ‘the inspirational quality’ of Horkheimer and Adorno’s 1st generation negative critique. Certainly, the challenge of right-wing populism begs questions of CIRT’s ‘consolatory’ cosmopolitanism. I have two concerns, however.