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In the midst of theory and practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 December 2020

Hannes Peltonen Open the ORCID record for Hannes Peltonen [Opens in a new window]  and
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Hannes Peltonen*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
Knut Traisbach
Affiliation:
Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona and Department of Society, Politics and Sustainability, University Ramon Llull, ESADE, Barcelona, Spain
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*Corresponding author. E-mail hannes.peltonen@tuni.fi
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Abstract

This cross-disciplinary symposium on Friedrich Kratochwil's The Status of Law in International Society engages with the interconnections between social knowledge (theory) and action (practice). Each contributor reflects critically on one of Kratochwil's nine meditations. These co-meditations cover not only Kratochwil's work, but they deepen discussions on the role of legal norms in international society, the practice turn, pragmatism, the production of knowledge, and human action. Kratochwil's reply to his co-meditators pushes the limits of prevailing thought on praxis. As a whole, the symposium exemplifies how we find ourselves always in the midst of theory and practice.

Keywords

Epistemologyinternational lawnormspracticepragmatismtheory
Type
Symposium: In the Midst of Theory and Practice: Edited by Hannes Peltonen and Knut Traisbach
Information
International Theory , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , November 2021 , pp. 506 - 507
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

Contents

508–512In the midst of theory and practice: a foreword

Hannes Peltonen and Knut Traisbach

513–521A field day with Fritz: introduction to the symposium

Antje Wiener

522–529Bewitching the world: remarks on ‘Inter-disciplinarity, the epistemological ideal of incontrovertible foundations, and the problem of praxis’

Nicholas Onuf

530–537On concepts, conceptions, and conceptors: remarks ‘On the concept of law’

Knut Traisbach

538–545Politics as Realitätsprinzip in the debate on constitutions and fragmented orders: remarks ‘On constitutions and fragmented orders’

Xymena Kurowska

546–551Meditating deformalization: remarks on ‘Of experts, helpers, and enthusiasts’

Christian Bueger

552–559Hope behind the critique of grand narratives of collective salvation: remarks on ‘The power of metaphors and narratives’

Guilherme Vasconcelos Vilaça

560–566From meditation to action – a research agenda for studying informal global rule-making: remarks on ‘Cosmopolitanism, publicity, and the emergence of a “global administrative law” ’

Oliver Westerwinter

567–573Unsettling times for human rights: remarks on ‘The politics of rights’

Jennifer M. Welsh

574–580Meditating on rights and responsibility: remarks on ‘The limits and burdens of rights’

Kathryn Sikkink

581–587Sense and sensibility or: remarks on the ‘bounds of (non)sense’

Hannes Peltonen

588–602On engagement and distance in social analysis: a reply to my critics

Friedrich Kratochwil

Acknowledgements

The editors of this Symposium thank the authors for their insightful contributions to this Symposium, the editors of International Theory, and the three anonymous reviewers for their perceptive comments on earlier drafts. The editors blame each other for any errors or mistakes that may have remained in the texts.