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Author : Michael Joseph Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780807116326
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (163 download)
Download or read book Realist Thought from Weber to Kissinger written by Michael Joseph Smith and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel Warner
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781555872663
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (726 download)
Download or read book An Ethic of Responsibility in International Relations written by Daniel Warner and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questioning many of the traditional assumptions found in discussions of ethics in international relations, Warner introduces a new way of thinking about moral responsibility and invites reflection on the nature of communities and states.
Author : Jack Donnelly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521597524
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (975 download)
Download or read book Realism and International Relations written by Jack Donnelly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. The realist tradition
Author : M. Benjamin Mollov
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739103746
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Power and Transcendence written by M. Benjamin Mollov and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Morgenthau, primarily known for his works on international relations such as Politics Among Nations (1948) and In Defense of the National Interest (1951), has been seen as a one-dimensional advocate of pure Realpolitik, Mollov (political science, Bar-Ilan U., Israel) argues that themes of transcendence are very important to his work and seeks to explore those aspects of his political thought that have been influenced by his background as a German Jewish emigre from Nazi Germany. After identifying the Jewish aspect of Morgenthau's work, Mollov uses these elements to attempt to define a Jewish approach to international politics, presumably of primary relevance for the state of Israel. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Barry Gewen
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324004061
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)
Download or read book The Inevitability of Tragedy: Henry Kissinger and His World written by Barry Gewen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new portrait of Henry Kissinger focusing on the fundamental ideas underlying his policies: Realism, balance of power, and national interest. Few public officials have provoked such intense controversy as Henry Kissinger. During his time in the Nixon and Ford administrations, he came to be admired and hated in equal measure. Notoriously, he believed that foreign affairs ought to be based primarily on the power relationships of a situation, not simply on ethics. He went so far as to argue that under certain circumstances America had to protect its national interests even if that meant repressing other countries’ attempts at democracy. For this reason, many today on both the right and left dismiss him as a latter-day Machiavelli, ignoring the breadth and complexity of his thought. With The Inevitability of Tragedy, Barry Gewen corrects this shallow view, presenting the fascinating story of Kissinger’s development as both a strategist and an intellectual and examining his unique role in government through his ideas. It analyzes his contentious policies in Vietnam and Chile, guided by a fresh understanding of his definition of Realism, the belief that world politics is based on an inevitable, tragic competition for power. Crucially, Gewen places Kissinger’s pessimistic thought in a European context. He considers how Kissinger was deeply impacted by his experience as a refugee from Nazi Germany, and explores the links between his notions of power and those of his mentor, Hans Morgenthau—the father of Realism—as well as those of two other German-Jewish émigrés who shared his concerns about the weaknesses of democracy: Leo Strauss and Hannah Arendt. The Inevitability of Tragedy offers a thoughtful perspective on the origins of Kissinger’s sober worldview and argues that a reconsideration of his career is essential at a time when American foreign policy lacks direction.
Author : Mario Del Pero
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 080145977X
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The Eccentric Realist written by Mario Del Pero and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Eccentric Realist, Mario Del Pero questions Henry Kissinger's reputation as the foreign policy realist par excellence. Del Pero shows that Kissinger has been far more ideological and inconsistent in his policy formulations than is commonly realized. Del Pero considers the rise and fall of Kissinger's foreign policy doctrine over the course of the 1970s-beginning with his role as National Security Advisor to Nixon and ending with the collapse of détente with the Soviet Union after Kissinger left the scene as Ford's outgoing Secretary of State. Del Pero shows that realism then (not unlike realism now) was as much a response to domestic politics as it was a cold, hard assessment of the facts of international relations. In the early 1970s, Americans were weary of ideological forays abroad; Kissinger provided them with a doctrine that translated that political weariness into foreign policy. Del Pero argues that Kissinger was keenly aware that realism could win elections and generate consensus. Moreover, over the course of the 1970s it became clear that realism, as practiced by Kissinger, was as rigid as the neoconservativism that came to replace it. In the end, the failure of the détente forged by the realists was not the defeat of cool reason at the hands of ideologically motivated and politically savvy neoconservatives. Rather, the force of American exceptionalism, the touchstone of the neocons, overcame Kissinger's political skills and ideological commitments. The fate of realism in the 1970s raises interesting questions regarding its prospects in the early years of the twenty-first century.
Author : Duncan Bell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191565040
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Political Thought and International Relations written by Duncan Bell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political realism dominated the field of International Relations during the Cold War. Since then, however, its fortunes have been mixed: pushed onto the backfoot during 1990s, it has in recent years retuned to the centre of scholarly debate. Despite its prominence in International Relations, however, realism plays only a marginal role in contemporary international political theory. It is often associated with a form of crude realpolitik that ignores the ethical dimensions of political life. The contributors to this book explore alternative understandings of realism, seeing it as a diverse and complex mode of political and ethical theorising rather than simply a "value-neutral" social scientific theory or the unreflective defence of the national interest. A number of the chapters offer critical interpretations of key figures in the canon of twentieth century realism, including Hans Morgenthau, E. H. Carr, and Reinhold Niebuhr. Others seek to widen the lens through which realism is usually viewed, exploring the writings of Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, and Leo Strauss. Finally, a number of the contributors engage with general issues in international political theory, including the meaning and value of pessimism, the relationship between power and ethics, the purpose of normative political theory, and what might constitute political "reality." Straddling International Relations and political theory, this book makes a significant contribution to both fields.
Author : Frances V Harbour
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429975325
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Thinking About International Ethics written by Frances V Harbour and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and analyzes important moral theories as they pertain to international politics and the study of international relations, examining the role that moral thinking actually played in specific cases in American foreign policy.
Author : Nicholas J. Rengger
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415095839
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (958 download)
Download or read book International Relations, Political Theory, and the Problem of Order written by Nicholas J. Rengger and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book seeks to offer a general interpretation and critique of both methodlogical and substantive aspects of International theory.
Author : Chih-Hann Chang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317141555
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Ethical Foreign Policy? written by Chih-Hann Chang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the 1990s gave rise to a wealth of literature on the notion of ethical foreign policy, it has tended to simply focus on a version of realism, which overlooks the role of ethics in international affairs, lacking an empirical analysis of foreign policy decision-making, with relation to ethical values in the post-Cold War period. This book addresses this gap in the literature by exploring ethical realism as a theoretical framework and, in particular, by looking at US humanitarian interventions at an empirical level to analyse ethical foreign policy in practice. Furthermore, it moves beyond the debate on legality or legitimacy of humanitarian interventions and focuses on whether a state would intervene for humanitarian purposes. Chang provides a deeper understanding of ethical foreign policy in theory and practice by applying ethical realism as a theoretical framework to evaluate the Clinton administration's foreign policy on humanitarian intervention. She addresses concepts of moral leadership and pragmatic foreign policy in the field of international relations in general and foreign policy analysis in particular.
Author : R. Schuett
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023010908X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Political Realism, Freud, and Human Nature in International Relations written by R. Schuett and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-05-24 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an important reappraisal of the concept of human nature in contemporary realist international-political theory. Developing a Freudian philosophical anthropology for political realism, he argues for the careful resurrection of the concept of human nature in the wider study of international relations.
Author : Robert Hariman
Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 : 087013891X
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Post-Realism written by Robert Hariman and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 1996-08-31 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beer and Hariman provide a coherent set of essays that trace and challenge the tradition of realism which has dominated the thinking of academics and practitioners alike. These timely essays set out a systematic investigation of the major realist writers of the Post- War era, the foundational concepts of international politics, and representative case studies of political discourse.
Author : Joel H. Rosenthal
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807128046
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Righteous Realists written by Joel H. Rosenthal and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political realism in post-World War II America has not been about power alone, but about reconciling power with moral and ethical considerations. The caricature of realism as an expression of amoral realpolitik has been inadequate and false, for realism in the nuclear age has pivoted as much on moral principles as on power politics. Joel H. Rosenthal’s survey of five noteworthy self-proclaimed political realists explores the realists’ overarching commitment to transforming traditional power politics into a form of “responsible power” commensurate with American values. Hans Morgenthau, George Kennan, Reinhold Niebuhr, Walter Lippman, and Dean Acheson—the most important and prolific of the American realists—all fought the excesses of crusading moralism while simultaneously promoting a concept of power politics that retained a moral component at its core. This is the story of how architects of containment, present at the creation of the new bipolar world shaped by the threat of “mutual assured destruction,” became ardent critics of that world. It describes realism as a product of a particular time and place—a set of values, assumptions, processes of moral reasoning, and views about America’s role in the world. Much of the current scholarship on the modern American realists dwells on the alleged inconsistencies of realism as a political theory, and the tortuous mixture of piety and detachment exhibited in the lives of the realists themselves. Rosenthal takes the opposite tack, assembling the ties that bind realism into a coherent world view, rather than deconstructing it into irreconcilable fragments. Rosenthal maintains that the postwar American realists may be best understood as products of the historical and cultural context from which they emerged. Their attempts to articulate a “public philosophy” and integrate values into decision making in international affairs reflected their views on both the way the world “is” and the way the world “ought to be.” This study explains realism as an effort to articulate a prescriptive framework for working toward the ideal while living in the real. In doing so, it reveals the realists’ insistence on evaluating competing claims and on accepting paradox as an inevitable component of moral choice.
Author : Colin Elman
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262262552
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Progress in International Relations Theory written by Colin Elman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003-08-29 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All academic disciplines periodically appraise their effectiveness, evaluating the progress of previous scholarship and judging which approaches are useful and which are not. Although no field could survive if it did nothing but appraise its progress, occasional appraisals are important and if done well can help advance the field. This book investigates how international relations theorists can better equip themselves to determine the state of scholarly work in their field. It takes as its starting point Imre Lakatos's influential theory of scientific change, and in particular his methodology of scientific research programs (MSRP). It uses MSRP to organize its analysis of major research programs over the last several decades and uses MSRP's criteria for theoretical progress to evaluate these programs. The contributors appraise the progress of institutional theory, varieties of realist and liberal theory, operational code analysis, and other research programs in international relations. Their analyses reveal the strengths and limits of Lakatosian criteria and the need for metatheoretical metrics for evaluating scientific progress.
Author : Benjamin Frankel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135210144
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Roots of Realism written by Benjamin Frankel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political realism sees politics as a permanent struggle for power and security. The essays in this volume examine the tradition of realist political analysis of international relations from the Sophists and Thucydides to the modern era.
Author : Chris Brown
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350311693
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Understanding International Relations written by Chris Brown and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth edition of this bestselling textbook offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to International relations and has been fully updated to cover the dramatic changes in recent world politics. Written in the author's unique and engaging style, the text explores everything from foreign policy and security to global governance and the global economy, to show how the theories and concepts Brown outlines are the only way to make sense of contemporary issues and events. With reference to such diverse events as Brexit, the Russian armed conflict in Ukraine, the financial crisis, the rise of China, and the challenges of identity politics, the author expertly shows how the range of theories presented in the book allow for an understanding of the destabilising events and developments that characterise global politics today, and will continue to do so in the future. This text remains the definitive guide to understanding international relations, and is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of international relations at any stage of their studies. New to this Edition: - Thoroughly updated to showcase the breadth of the latest research and key thinkers in international relations theory. - Entirely rewritten chapter on the development of human rights and international criminal law. - Brand new chapter that offers a sophisticated and up-to-date analysis of the current state of world politics.
Author : Bryan-Paul Frost
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498558704
Total Pages : 963 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Download or read book History of American Political Thought written by Bryan-Paul Frost and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 963 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists, and writers across era and ideologies, helping another generation of students, scholars, and citizens to understand more fully the meaning of America. This new second edition of the book includes chapters on several additional historical figures, including Walt Whitman, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Ronald Reagan, as well as a new chapter on Barack Obama, who was not prominent in public life when the first edition was published. Significant revisions and additions have also been made to many of the original chapters, most notably on Antonin Scalia, which now updates his full legacy, increasing the breadth and depth of the collection.
