The Practical Dimension

5 important questions on The Practical Dimension

The building of the modern state is linked to what?

The monopoly of the right to own and employ the instruments of violence and the monopoly of the power of taxation (Elias), the creation of new social bonds and the development of new patterns of identity formation. According to Wight: "the formation of a modern state entaied a revolution in loyalties," in which an "inner circle of loyalty exampned" and "an outer circle of loyalty shrank"

Which three developments illustrate some of the trends that are subversive to the idea that state sovereignty is the dominant principle in ir?

- A marked increase in the ideal of the inernational protection of human rights

- The recognition of the need for collective action to improve the social and economic condition of the poorer members of the world society

- The need for a global ethic of responsibility for nature.

 

(Note that this question shows that critical theory is opposite (neo)realism) 

What is a central concern of a critical approach to foreign policy?

The question of how new forms of politics and identity might be promoted through principles such as those in the previous question

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What was the main purpose of this article?

To suggest some new directions for a critical theory of ir. It wanted to identify one method of achieving greater coherence within the field of ir and with outling some means of strengening the lonkages among political philosophy, social theory, historical sociology, and the theory of ir. 

What has become a crucial site for the development of critical social theory?

The observatiuon that "the architectonic role Aristotle attributed to the science of politics might well belong today to international politics. 

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