Bringing together leading figures in the study of international relations, this collection explores praxis as a perspective on international politics and law. It builds on the transdisciplinary work of Friedrich Kratochwil to reveal the scope, limits and blind spots of praxis theorizing.

1. Introduction: Praxis as a Perspective on International Politics - Gunther Hellmann and Jens Steffek Part 1: Theorizing Praxis 2. Knowing, Remembering, Showing But Still Not Seeing: Critical Praxis, Slavery and the Modern ‘We’ - K.M. Fierke 3. Friedrich Kratochwil: Prophet of Doubt? - Cecelia Lynch 4. Styles of Theorizing International Practice - Christian Bueger 5. Practising Theorizing in Theorizing Praxis: Friedrich Kratochwil and Social Inquiry - Gunther Hellmann Part 2: Praxis and the Law 6. If Not Rome or The Hague, Where? Reflections on Sanctioning and Punishing - Chris Brown 7. Practical Constitutionalism - Anthony F. Lang, Jr. 8. Rules, Institutions and Decisions: Taking Distribution Seriously - Jan Klabbers Part 3: Biology, Contingency and History 9. I Think, Therefore IR? Psychology, Biology and the Notion of Praxis - James W. Davis 10. Practice, Intersubjectivity and the Problem of Contingency - Oliver Kessler 11. The Praxis of Change and Theory - Mathias Albert 12. Thinking on Time: How Scholarly Praxis Can Sustain, Subvert and Transform Social Reality - Jörg Friedrichs Part 4: Theorizing as Intervention 13. Practising Academic Intervention: An Agonistic Reading of Praxis - Antje Wiener 14. Between Science and Politics: Friedrich Kratochwil’s Praxis of ‘Going On’ - Patrick Thaddeus Jackson 15 Praxis, Humanism and the Quest for Wholeness - Jens Steffek Part 5: Conversing with Critics 16. Acting, Representing, Ruling: A Conversation with My Critics on Social Reproduction and the Logic of Social Inquiry - Friedrich Kratochwil

• Provides an authoritative and critical account of ‘praxis’ in international relations scholarship; • Brings together leading international relations scholars from around the world; • Includes a chapter from Friedrich Kratochwil, one of the most prominent proponents of constructivism in International Relations.