Politics as Realitätsprinzip in the debate on constitutions and fragmented orders: Remarks 'On constitutions and fragmented orders'

Xymena Kurowska*

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

The promise of constitutionalisation is, according to Kratochwil, the existential comfort that comes from having a coherent framework for judgement and action. This apparent epistemological confidence comes at the price of parting with a realistic assessment of the concrete situation, and it conceals that politics operate across all levels all the time. This paper critiques this vision and points beyond the idea of exhaustive frameworks. Figuring out contextually appropriate configurations of constitutionalisation and fragmentation allows for greater agency and pluralism. A more fundamental tension in Kratochwil's work remains, however, his falling back on the abstract to articulate the experiential.

Original languageEnglish
JournalInternational Theory
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Constitutionalisation
  • context
  • fragmentation
  • subversion
  • theory

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