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This book addresses the "crisis of critique" of Frankfurt School Critical Theory in International Relations and puts forward a proposal for how it can be overcome. It starts from the premise that the present conjuncture, marked by capitalist crisis and a fracturing international order, urgently calls for critical perspectives capable of clarifying the state of global affairs and the emancipatory struggles within it. Critical Theory in International Relations should be well placed to provide answers to this demand, yet it finds itself today in a state of decline. Its prevailing form--that of a universalist cosmopolitan project--reflects a narrow Eurocentric perspective and the concerns of a time now past, while the Frankfurt School tradition as a whole struggles to develop new modes of analysis and new political imaginaries that are appropriate to the current historical situation. The book diagnoses this situation of intellectual and political crisis and seeks to trace a way out. It does so by providing a comprehensive account of the development of Critical Theory in International Relations and the ways in which it has applied Frankfurt School thought to the study of international politics. It then makes a provocative case as to the exhaustion of the cosmopolitan and Habermasian paradigm of critique that has guided Frankfurt School research on international politics for the past thirty years. Finally, it puts forward a proposal for the revitalisation of Critical Theory in IR through a renewed emphasis on the critique of political economy and sketches a research agenda which can make the tradition relevant again to contemporary political questions. Davide Schmid is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His research sits at the intersection of Critical Theory and International Political Economy.

The achievements of Western democracies (equality, rule of law, social justice) are met with growing disdain. A hierarchical system, largely derived from the nation-state model, pits the (scorned) elites against the (disdained) people. Social give and take does not happen anymore, the situation is being made worse by social media.

On the basis of an examination of Kant's, Maimon's, and Schelling's metaphilosophies, this book investigates how, starting from Kant's diagnosis of a "groping metaphysics", a philosophical research program develops whose goal is to elucidate the nature and method of philosophy itself. Uniting their projects is the thesis that philosophy must begin with an investigation of its own nature, and that this investigation, because of its special object, must be accompanied by a reflection on its method. To this end, their methods are discussed on the assumption that they arise from a particular engagement with the theories and practices of the 18th century sciences. Finally, this discussion provides the basis for showing in what ways philosophical experiments, fictions, or models offer methodological solutions to the problem of developing a scientific metaphysics.

Organisations are involved in various types of negotiation. As digitalisation advances, such business negotiations are to a large extent electronic negotiations. Consequently, dedicated training for such electronic negotiations is important for mastering negotiation skills. The present book develops a new approach for a motivating and improved e-negotiation training by applying gamification, i.e. using game design elements in a non-game context, in order to improve participants' motivation, engagement, and learning outcomes. A negotiation support system used within an e-negotiation training is enhanced with game design elements. The book describes the design process, its theoretical foundations, and the evaluation of the gamified negotiation support system. The final quantitative evaluation shows higher motivation, engagement and better learning outcomes for participants in the gamified training compared to a conventional training. Organisations can employ the designed artefact for fundamental and effective e-negotiation training. Additionally, the book provides insights in how to design a gamified system for a particular application context. About the author Andreas Schmid was a research assistant at the Information Systems Department 1 - Organisational Communication at the University of Hohenheim, Germany, and is currently working as an IT specialist. His research interests include gamification, e-learning, negotiations, and software development.

Eine Mehrheit der Bürgerinnen und Bürger unterstützt im März 2021 die Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Pandemie oder fordert gar einen restriktiveren Kurs. Zugleich gilt aber auch, dass die Zahl der Kritiker zunimmt und die Debatte immer mehr an Schärfe und Emotionalität gewinnt. Das Spektrum der Ablehnung ist dabei breit und reicht von besonnener Kritik bis hin zur Fundamentalopposition. Vor allem unter den Teilnehmern der sogenannten Hygiene-Demos, die sich gegen die Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung der Pandemie richten, ist eine Radikalisierung zu beobachten etwa wenn die Legitimität gewählter Volksvertreter angezweifelt oder geschichtsvergessene Parallelen zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus gezogen werden.Im Rahmen dieser Aktuellen Analyse wollen wir als Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung einen Beitrag zu einer differenzierten Analyse von Freiheitsgrundrechten in Zeiten von Corona leisten.

Frontmatter --Inhalt --Prolog --1. Aus Erfahrung? -- »Die eigene Erfahrung zum Beruf machen« --2. »Berufsverrückt«: Das Forschungsfeld Genesungsbegleitung --Mit Erfahrung: Erfahrungen -- Reflexivitäten -- Expertisen relationieren --3. Erfahrung als Konzept und Konzeption -- eine Annäherung an den Forschungsstand --4. Reflexion über Reflexion. Oder: »Es geht ja nicht darum, einfach nur seine Erfahrungen einzubringen« --Mit Erfahrung arbeiten -- Praktiken des kanalisierenden und erweiternden Reflektierens --5. Kanalisierendes Reflektieren: »Nicht immer wieder gegen eine Wand rennen« --6. Erweiterndes Reflektieren ›Blinde Flecken‹ psychiatrischer Versorgung adressieren? --Schluss: Ver-rückte Expertisen -- Expertisen verrücken --Danksagung --Literatur- und Quellenangaben --Anhang: Kurzüberblick genutzter empirischer Materialien

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Focus and research question -- Contributions -- Limitations -- Structure -- Part I: From a growing economy to a‐growth economies -- Chapter 1: Growth in the Capitalocene -- Why are we growth addicted? -- Escalation -- Limits -- Green growth - an oxymoron? -- Why grow in the first place? -- Interim conclusion -- Chapter 2: Alternative economies -- Alterity and diversity -- Degrowth -- Postcapitalism -- Towards a radical theory and praxis -- Chapter 3: Transformation, transition, and agency -- Sustainability transition research -- Grassroots innovations and the social economy -- Agents and allies of transformation -- Transition, transformation, and politics -- Interlude I: Geographies of change -- Part II: Transformative geographies: space, politics and change -- Chapter 4: Reimagining togetherness -- Community -- Community economy -- Economic diversity -- Poststructuralist transformative geographies -- Epistemic fallacy? -- Chapter 5: Materialization -- From regimes of signification to practice -- Practice theories -- Working with the concept of practice -- Institutions and organizations in practice -- Chapter 6: Scale and power in transformative geographies -- Scale -- Power -- Chapter 7: From transformative geographies to a degrowth transition -- Interventions in practice -- Towards a degrowth transition -- Degrowth practices and politics -- Operationalization: the diverse logics perspective -- Interlude II: Strategies for transformation -- Part III: Researching transformative geographies -- Chapter 8: A practice theory methodology -- Chapter 9: Planning and conducting research on a degrowth case study -- The case of Stuttgart -- Research design -- Chapter 10: Research as practice -- Participatory action research -- Positionality and self‐reflection -- Chapter 11: Data analysis.