Descrizione del progetto
La vecchia teoria del realismo cambia volto
Teoria ben nota nelle relazioni internazionali, il realismo si basa sul potere e sulla realtà degli stati. Esso considera le persone come egoiste e non collaborative. Alcuni studiosi sostengono che il realismo sia obsoleto in quanto non tiene conto della globalizzazione, dell’integrazione, dell’interdipendenza economica e del commercio internazionale. Il progetto RELEVANT REALISM, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà un nuovo concetto di realismo innovativo, privo di nostalgia, denominato «realismo rilevante». Per una sua convalida, questa nuova teoria verrà applicata agli attuali problemi politici, tra cui l’ascesa dell’autoritarismo e l’apparente inefficacia degli attuali concetti di verità e le strategie comunicative per contrastare i discorsi totalitari, autoritari e semplicistici-populisti.
Obiettivo
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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Meccanismo di finanziamento
MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EFCoordinatore
40126 Bologna
Italia