The Edinburgh Companion to Political Realism

Robert Schuett; Miles Hollingworth

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2018

The Edinburgh Companion to Political Realism

Robert Schuett and Miles Hollingworth

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474423298

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The first reference work to explore the 2000-year history of political realism and reassess its place in today’s world

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Political realism is a highly diverse body of international relations theory. This substantial reference work examines political realism in terms of its history, its scientific methodology and its normative role in international affairs.

Split into three sections, it covers the 2000-year canon of realism: the different schools of thought, the key thinkers and how it responds to foreign policy challenges faced by individual states and globally. It brings political realism up-to-date by showing where theory has failed to keep up with contemporary problems and suggests how it can be applied and adapted to fit our new, globalised world order.

Key Features

The first volume to offer a full, balanced guide to Political Realism: its history and its normative role in international affairs
Covers the main thinkers, from Thucydides through Niccolò Machiavelli to Isaiah Berlin
Engages with the major foreign policy issues of our times, such as strategic deterrence, nationalism, terrorism, cyber security, climate change, the open society and religion
Considers political realism in non-Western contexts, including Israel, Russia and China
Includes political realism’s ground-up growth and interpretation outwith Western contexts

Contributors

Uriel Abulof, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Christopher Adair-Toteff, Zeppelin University, Germany.
Erica Benner, Yale University, USA.
John Bew, King’s College London, UK.
Todd Breyfogle, Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C., USA.
Joshua Cherniss, Georgetown University, USA.
Alan Chong, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore.
Lindsay P. Cohn, U.S. Naval War College, USA.
Kody W. Cooper, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA.
Marzieh Kouhi Esfahani, Durham University, UK.
Markus Fischer, California State University, Fullerton, USA.
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA.
Stuart Gray, Politics at Washington and Lee University, USA.
Robert Howse, New York University School of Law, USA.
David Martin Jones, University of Queensland, Australia and King’s College London, UK.
Menno R. Kamminga, University of Groningen, Netherlands.
Peter Iver Kaufman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and University of Richmond, USA.
David Kerr, Durham University, UK.
Paul Kirkland, Carthage College, Wisconsin, USA.
Douglas B. Klusmeyer, American University, Washington, DC, USA.
Konstantinos Kostagiannis, University of Maastricht, Netherlands.
Ayelet Haimson Lushkov, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Cecelia Lynch, University of California, Irvine, USA.
David Mayers, Boston University, USA.
Kenneth B. McIntyre, Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, USA.
Neville Morley, University of Exeter, UK.
John Mueller, Mershon Center for International Security Studies and Ohio State University, USA.
Masashi Okuyama, International Geopolitical Institute Japan and Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan.
Samir Puri, King's College London, UK.
Grace Roosevelt, Metropolitan College of New York, USA.
Felix Rösch, Coventry University, UK.
William E. Scheuerman, Indiana University, USA.
Tim Spiekerman, Kenyon College, Ohio, USA.
Peter Stirk, Durham University, UK.
Tom Switzer, Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney.
Zhao Tingyang, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, China.
Jodok Troy, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Alex Wilner, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Derek M. C. Yuen, University of Hong Kong.
Rashed Uz Zaman, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributor Biographies Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Political Realism and the Political
1. Political Realism and Human Nature Erica Benner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. Political Realism and the Western Mind Zhao Tingyang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3. Political Realism and Strategic Theory Samir Puri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
4. Political Realism and Realpolitik John Bew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
5. Political Realism and Ideology David Martin Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
6. Political Realism and Civil–Military Relations Lindsay P. Cohn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
7. Political Realism and the English School Jodok Troy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
8. Political Realism and Global Reform William E. Scheuerman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Part II: Political Realism and Political Thinking
9. Thucydides Neville Morley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
10. Kauṭilya Stuart Gray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
11. Livy Ayelet Haimson Lushkov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
12. Augustine of Hippo Miles Hollingworth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
13. Niccolò Machiavelli Markus Fischer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
14. William Shakespeare Tim Spiekerman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
15. Thomas Hobbes Kody W. Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
16. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Grace G. Roosevelt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
17. Friedrich Nietzsche Paul E. Kirkland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
18. Max Weber Christopher Adair-Toteff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
19. Walter Lippmann Alan Chong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
20. Reinhold Niebuhr Menno R. Kamminga Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
21. E. H. Carr Konstantinos Kostagiannis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
22. Leo Strauss Robert Howse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
23. Herbert Butterfield Kenneth B. McIntyre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	290
24. Hans Kelsen Robert Schuett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
25. Raymond Aron Christopher Adair-Toteff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
26. George F. Kennan David A. Mayers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	328
27. Hans J. Morgenthau Felix Rösch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	342
28. Hannah Arendt Douglas B. Klusmeyer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
29. John H. Herz Peter M. R. Stirk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	368
30. Isaiah Berlin Joshua L. Cherniss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	380
Part III: Political Realism and Foreign Policy
31. Political Realism and Threat Perception John Mueller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395
32. Political Realism and Russia David Kerr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	406
33. Political Realism and China Derek M. C. Yuen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
34. Political Realism and Iran Marzieh Kouhi Esfahani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	431
35. Political Realism and Israel Uriel Abulof Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	445
36. Political Realism and India Rashed Uz Zaman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	458
37. Political Realism and Japan Masashi Okuyama Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	470
38. Political Realism and Regionalism David Martin Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	481
39. Political Realism and Nationalism Peter Iver Kaufman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	494
40. Political Realism and Religion Cecelia Lynch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	507
41. Political Realism and the Environment Tom Switzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	517
42. Political Realism and the Internet Richard Forno Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	528
43. Political Realism and Terrorism Alex S. Wilner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	540
44. Political Realism and the Open Society Todd Breyfogle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	554
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	567

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 592
Keywords: Politics

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Published: April 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781474423298