Projektbeschreibung
Alte Theorie des Realismus wird neu definiert
Realismus ist eine bekannte Theorie in internationalen Beziehungen, er basiert auf Macht und Realität der Staaten. Dabei werden Menschen als egoistisch und unkooperativ betrachtet. Einige Wissenschaftler*innen argumentieren, Realismus sei veraltet, weil Globalisierung, Integration, wirtschaftliche Wechselbeziehungen und internationaler Handel nicht berücksichtigt werden. Im EU-finanzierten Projekt RELEVANT REALISM wird eine neue, innovative und nostalgiefreie Definition des Realismus namens „relevanter Realismus“ entwickelt. Um diese neue Theorie zu bestätigen, wird sie auf aktuelle politische Probleme angewendet. Dazu zählen der Anstieg des Autoritarismus und die offensichtliche Ineffektivität aktueller Wahrheitskonzepte und kommunikativer Strategien zur Bekämpfung totalitärer, autoritärer und vereinfachter populistischer Diskurse.
Ziel
The aim of this project is to develop a fully functional new concept of realism which intrinsically combines theories of truth with theories of action. This new theory will be measured against other contemporary approaches and adapted to current political problems to validate it and to investigate its practical applications. The problems underpinning the urgent need of developing a new concept of realism are, namely, the rise of authoritarianism and the apparent ineffectiveness of current truth-concepts and communicative strategies in countering totalitarian, authoritarian, and simplistic-populist discourses. The innovative, nostalgia-free concept of realism titled “relevant realism” will provide new ways to frame current political problems and new tools for political communication while avoiding both the current realist backlash and the postmodern relativist trap. The project will engage in a detailed analytic assessment of concepts of realism and a comparative analysis and fusion of positions in Neopragmatism, Poststructuralism, and adjacent theories. Providing a realist approach without losing sight of postmodern and poststructuralist contributions to disentangle and unveil the power-mechanisms involved in every truth-claim is of utmost interest for a culturally diversified space like Europe where constant complexifications of cultures and ways of living have to be faced and are to be preserved as a value. The project will be carried out at the University of Bologna and at the University of Oslo during a secondment period. Research outcomes will be disseminated via conferences, workshops, and scientific publications, exploited for broad policy impacts, and communicated to the larger public via multiple outreach activities. With its cross-cultural, interdisciplinary approach and via mutual theoretic reinforcement the project offers the perfect balance between research innovation, individual career development, stronger networks, and mobility between systems.
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40126 Bologna
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