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The realist tradition and the limits of international relations /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The realist tradition and the limits of international relations // Michael C. Williams.
remainder title:	The Realist Tradition & the Limits of International Relations
Author:	Williams, Michael C.
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	International relations - Philosophy. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511491771
ISBN:	9780511491771 (ebook)

The realist tradition and the limits of international relations /
Williams, Michael C.1960-

The realist tradition and the limits of international relations /The Realist Tradition & the Limits of International RelationsMichael C. Williams. - 1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge studies in international relations ;100. - Cambridge studies in international relations ;71..

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Sceptical states: Hobbes -- Rousseau, realism and realpolitik -- Hans Morgenthau and the historical construction of realism -- The tyranny of false polarities -- The ethic of responsibility.

Realism is commonly portrayed as theory that reduces international relations to pure power politics. Michael Williams provides an important reexamination of the Realist tradition and its relevance for contemporary international relations. Examining three thinkers commonly invoked as Realism's foremost proponents - Hobbes, Rousseau, and Morgenthau - the book shows that, far from advocating a crude realpolitik, Realism's most famous classical proponents actually stressed the need for a restrained exercise of power and a politics with ethics at its core. These ideas are more relevant than ever at a time when the nature of responsible responses to international problems are at the centre of contemporary political debate. This original interpretation of major thinkers will interest scholars of international relations and the history of ideas.

ISBN: 9780511491771 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

558808
International relations
--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: JZ1307 / .W55 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 327.1/01

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