Pub Date : 2022-09-12DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2120657
G. Favara
ABSTRACT When interest in political realism started to resurge a few years ago, it was not uncommon to interpret realist political theory as a form of non-ideal theorising. This reading has been subjected to extensive criticism. First, realists have argued that political realism cannot be interpreted as merely a form of applied political theory. Second, realists have explained that political realism can defend a role for unfeasible normative prescriptions in political theory. I explain that these developments, besides allowing us to reject interpretations of political realism as a form of non-ideal theory, have given us reason to think of political realism as a form of ideal theory. Yet, when ideal theory enters the picture, a series of methodological questions arise regarding the proper use of ideals. In this paper, I clarify how the relationship between ideal and non-ideal theory ought to be conceptualised in realist political theory. I examine the two major interpretations of the role of ideals that have been provided so far – the target and benchmark interpretations – and I show that neither is compatible with some of the fundamental theoretical commitments of realist political theory. This both allows me to point out the requirements that an interpretation of the relationship between ideal and non-ideal theory must meet to be defined as properly realist and allows me to emphasise the strengths of the realist approach. Accordingly, I propose a new interpretation of the role of ideals, one consistent with realist theoretical commitments: I suggest that realist political ideals ought to be interpreted as models.
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Pub Date : 2022-09-08DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2121519
Nahshon Perez
{"title":"Data based radicalism? data usage and the problem of critical distance in contextual and empirical political theory","authors":"Nahshon Perez","doi":"10.1080/13698230.2022.2121519","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2022.2121519","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46451,"journal":{"name":"Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47359354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-07DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2120732
Barbara Bziuk
{"title":"Can business corporations be legally responsible for structural injustice? The social connection model in (legal) practice","authors":"Barbara Bziuk","doi":"10.1080/13698230.2022.2120732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2022.2120732","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46451,"journal":{"name":"Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41487390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-06DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2120658
Nat Rutherford
ABSTRACT Political realism has been criticised for its methodological claims about normativity and for its criticisms of moralism. Realists themselves should be more concerned that for all its methodological wrangling, realists have struggled to produce much positive theorising, rendering realism barren. I argue that realism, in both its liberal and radical forms, is currently barren in the sense of being unproductive, and show how the two dominant forms of realism are barren in different ways. Bernard Williams’s liberal realism exclusively derives its normative resources from existing political practices, values, and institutions, which leads it to replicate the status quo and precludes external criticism. Radical realism, represented here by Raymond Geuss, is barren because the fear of succumbing to moralism or ‘normativism’ leads radical realists to wrongly abjure normativity altogether. Having shown that both forms of realism are barren I argue that radical realists should adopt a method of political theory as story-telling as a way to avoid both moralism and barrenness. While realists are right to be wary of normative prescription, I argue that realists need to tell a story about which political transformations are desirable and why or else risk succumbing barrenness. I give a brief illustration of story-telling in practice then address some objections to story-telling as a productive method.
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Pub Date : 2022-09-05DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2119523
David Jenkins
{"title":"Gentrification as domination","authors":"David Jenkins","doi":"10.1080/13698230.2022.2119523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2022.2119523","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46451,"journal":{"name":"Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47203315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-09-05DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2120737
J. Muldoon
{"title":"Data-owning democracy or digital socialism?","authors":"J. Muldoon","doi":"10.1080/13698230.2022.2120737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2022.2120737","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46451,"journal":{"name":"Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43330332","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-31DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2113228
C. Neuhäuser, Andreas Oldenbourg
{"title":"Introduction: corporate power and political domination","authors":"C. Neuhäuser, Andreas Oldenbourg","doi":"10.1080/13698230.2022.2113228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2022.2113228","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46451,"journal":{"name":"Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48649836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-30DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2113225
Roberto Frega
{"title":"Firms as coalitions of democratic cultures: towards an organizational theory of workplace democracy","authors":"Roberto Frega","doi":"10.1080/13698230.2022.2113225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2022.2113225","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46451,"journal":{"name":"Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42723458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-23DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2113226
D. Fuchs, Benedikt Lennartz
{"title":"Business interest in human rights regulation: shaping actors’ duties and rights","authors":"D. Fuchs, Benedikt Lennartz","doi":"10.1080/13698230.2022.2113226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2022.2113226","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46451,"journal":{"name":"Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47360457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-08-21DOI: 10.1080/13698230.2022.2113227
Lisa Herzog
{"title":"Corporate knowledge and corporate power. Reining in the power of corporations as epistemic agents","authors":"Lisa Herzog","doi":"10.1080/13698230.2022.2113227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13698230.2022.2113227","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46451,"journal":{"name":"Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43405035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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