In the social sciences, international relations (IR) included, the study of practices starts from a simple intuition: what we call social realities-and international politics-are constituted by human beings acting in and on the world.
The article closes by focusing on the methodological, epistemological and normative debates among practice turners. It then situates PT within IR, and shows how it departs from both rationalism and constructivism. The review article here first introduces the main conceptual tools in PT’s toolbox focusing on defining practices, the logic of practice, field, capital, and symbolic domination. Rather than as a unified approach, the Practice Turn (PT) in International Relations Theory is best approached through a series of conceptual innovations and tools that introduce novel ways of thinking about international politics. When seen through these lenses, the concerns of other IR approaches – war, peace, negotiations, states, diplomacy, international organizations, and so on – are bundles of individual and collective practices woven together and producing specific outcomes. Their ways of doing things delineate practices that enact and give meaning to the world.
In the social sciences, IR included, the study of practices starts from a very simple intuition: social realities - and international politics - are constituted by human beings acting in and on the world.
