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chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Constructivism and A Theory of Justice -- chapter 3 The constructivism of Political Liberalism -- chapter 4 Primary constructivism and O'Neill -- chapter 5 Reasoning practically: A constructivist understanding of practical reasoning -- chapter 6 Making practice reasonable: Political constructivism.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Constructivism in International Relations -- Three constructivisms -- Wendt's constructivism -- Kratochwil's constructivism -- Onuf's constructivism -- German military involvement abroad -- Plan of the book -- 2 Identity change? Wendt's constructivism and German military involvement abroad -- The identity move -- Collective identity -- Collective identity reconsidered -- The identity of identity -- 3 Intersubjectivity and the normative: Kratochwil's constructivism and German military involvement abroad -- The significance of the normative -- Norms as the basis of intersubjectivity -- The politics of intersubjectivity and the normative -- 4 Words and world: Onuf's constructivism and German military involvement abroad -- Words making the world -- The normative effects of speech acts -- Speech acts: success and failure -- The politics of words and worlds -- 5 The politics of reality': Derrida's subversions, constructivism and German military involvement abroad -- The impossibility of pure presence and the politics of the real' -- The reality' of international politics -- Everyday reality' -- Reality' as raw material -- The politics of constructivism -- 6 The politics of constructivism -- Responsibility in international relations -- Constructivism, reality, International Relations -- Bibliography -- Documents

Contemporary liberal political justification is often accused of preaching to the converted: liberal principles are acceptable only to people already committed to liberal values. Catriona McKinnon addresses this important criticism by arguing that self-respect and its social conditions should be placed at the heart of the liberal approach to justification. A commitment to self-respect delivers a commitment to the liberal values of toleration and public reason, but self-respect itself is not an exclusively liberal value

Preliminary Material /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Learning as constructive activity /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Reconstructing the concept of knowledge /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Facts and the self from a constructivist point of view /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Signs, communication, and language /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- How do we mean? /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- On the concept of interpretation /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Piaget and the radical constructivist epistemology /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Aspects of constructivism /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- The end of a grand illusion /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- The simplicity complex /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- The logic of scientific fallibility /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- The incommensurability of science and poetic wisdom /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Farewell to objectivity /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- The radical constructivist view of science /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Cybernetics and the theory of knowledge /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Notes on the concept of change /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Abstraction, re-presentation, and reflection /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- Representation and deduction /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe and Kenneth Tobin -- A constructivist approach to experiential foundations of mathematical concepts /Marie Larochelle , Edith Ackermann , Gérard Fourez , Jacques Désautels , Leslie P. Steffe .