This is a copy of the original research dissertation, conducted under Prof. Dr. Juan C. Cachanosky and submited Submitted as partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate of Diplomancy to SMC University in Switzerland. Abstract. One of the still unsolved problems in liberal anarchism is a definition of social constituency in positive terms. Partially, this had been solved by the advancements of liberal discourse ethics. These approaches, built on praxeology as a universal framework for social formation, are detached from the need of any previous or external authority or rule for the discursive partners. However, the relationship between action, personal identity, and liberty within the process of a community becoming solely generated from the praxeological a priori remains largely disputed. In order to develop a testable constitutional model, this study revises how the "ontological turn" was introduced into liberal theories and redefines the concept of liberty. Liberty is usually understood as a moral goal or measurement for just actions, as the generative principle of all social existence - individual and interpersonal. For this purpose, the function of performative contradiction within the mechanism of interpersonal "encounter", as part of the co-generative process of the individual becoming and social formation was explored through the production of a game-based narrative historiography grounded on 19th century life writings. This narrative historiography was developed in the context of Swiss history, with a "design-based" research approach, and resulted in a prototype for networked storytelling through which the transformative learning process could be visible and the negotiation of competing individual visions of the future could be re-enacted.
About the Author: Dr. Tabea Hirzel, born 7 July 1977 in Solingen, Germany, received her doctorate in diplomacy by the SMC University in Switzerland and holds a title in Business Administration and Clinical Psychology. 2005 she was honoured with the Business Award IDEA from Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Her 20 years work experiences brought around several countries of Eurasia forming her cultural sensitivity. Her research on liberal anarchism and spontaneous social orders took her on a journey more and ever deeper into the quest of personhood, as an enigmatic phenomenon, still purely addressed in empirical studies. Today, she works as visiting professor and consultant, specialized in international trade negotiations, community learning and discourse ethics. One of her unique approaches is her non-representational, game-based and action-based narrative methodology.