Philosophical Pragmatism and International Relations, Ralston Shane J

Название: Philosophical pragmatism and international relations
ISBN: 1498556523 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498556521
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Цена: 44550 T
Описание: What are the implications of philosophical pragmatism for international relations theory and foreign policy practice? According to John Ryder, "a foreign policy built on pragmatist principles is neither naive nor dangerous. In fact, it is very much what both the U.S. and the world are currently in need of." Close observers of Barack Obama's foreign policy statements have also raised the possibility of a distinctly pragmatist approach to international relations. Absent from the three dominant theoretical perspectives in the field--realism, idealism and constructivism--is any mention of pragmatism, except in the very limited, instrumentalist sense of choosing appropriate foreign policy tools to achieve proposed policy objectives. The key commitments of any international relations approach in the pragmatist tradition could include a flexible approach to crafting policy ends, theory integrally related to practice, a concern for both the normative and explanatory dimensions of international relations research, and policy means treated as hypotheses for experimental testing. Following the example of classic pragmatists such as John Dewey and neo-pragmatists like Richard Rorty, international relations scholars and foreign policy practitioners would have to forgo grand theories, instead embracing a situationally-specific approach to understanding and addressing emerging global problems. Unfortunately, commentary on the relationship between philosophical pragmatism and international relations has been limited. The authors in Philosophical Pragmatism and International Relations remedies this lacuna by exploring ways in which philosophical pragmatism, both classic and contemporary, can inform international relations theory and foreign policy practice today.

Автор: Ralston, Andrew
Название: Plastic toy cars of the 1950s and 1960s
ISBN: 1845841255 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781845841256
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 10550.00 T
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Описание: Aims to provide introduction to the vast number of plastic cars made during 1950s and 1960s. This title includes more than 250 photographs of these toys. It also contains a glossary listing the names of many of the companies who were active in this field in 1950s and 1960s, together with some advertisements and catalogue illustrations.

Автор: Ralston Aron
Название: 127 hours: between a rock and a hard place
ISBN: 1451617704 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781451617702
Издательство: Simon & Schuster
Цена: 6120.00 T
Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: THE “EXTRAORDINARY” ("Booklist") #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER—THE “HARROWING” ("The Washington Post") SURVIVOR’S MEMOIR YOU WILL NEVER FORGET

Aron Ralston, an experienced twenty-seven-year-old outdoorsman, was on a day’s solitary hike through a remote and narrow Utah canyon when he dislodged an eight-hundred- pound boulder that crushed his right hand and wrist against the canyon wall. Emerging from the searing pain, Aron found himself completely stuck. No one knew where he was; no one was coming to rescue him. With scant water and food, and a cheap pocketknife his only tool, he eliminated his options one by one. On the fifth night, wracked by delirium and uncontrollable shivers, Aron scratched his epitaph into the rock wall, certain he would not see daylight.

Yet with the new morning came an epiphany: if he could use the rock’s vise-like hold to break his arm bones, his blunted pocketknife could serve as a surgeon’s blade. . . .