Realism Reconsidered - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Realism Reconsidered write by Michael Charles Williams. This book was released on 2007-11-15. Realism Reconsidered available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Realism remains the most important and controversial vision of international politics. But what does it mean to be a realist? This collection addresses this key question by returning to the thinking of perhaps the most influential realist of modern times: Hans J. Morgenthau. In analyses of issues ranging from political philosophy, to international law, to the impact of nuclear weapons and the challenges of American foreign policy, the authors demonstrate that Morgenthau's thinkingexemplifies a rich realist tradition that is often lacking in contemporary analyses of international relations and foreign policy. At a time when realism is once again at the centre of both scholarly and political debates, this book shows that the legacy of classical realism can enrich ourunderstanding of world politics and contribute to its future direction.
Realism Reconsidered
Realism Reconsidered - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Realism Reconsidered write by Michael Williams. This book was released on 2007-11-15. Realism Reconsidered available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Realism remains the most important and controversial vision of international politics. But what does it mean to be a realist? This collection addresses this key question by returning to the thinking of perhaps the most influential realist of modern times: Hans J. Morgenthau. In analyses of issues ranging from political philosophy, to international law, to the impact of nuclear weapons and the challenges of American foreign policy, the authors demonstrate that Morgenthau's thinking exemplifies a rich realist tradition that is often lacking in contemporary analyses of international relations and foreign policy. At a time when realism is once again at the centre of both scholarly and political debates, this book shows that the legacy of classical realism can enrich our understanding of world politics and contribute to its future direction.
Aristotle's Moral Realism Reconsidered
Aristotle's Moral Realism Reconsidered - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aristotle's Moral Realism Reconsidered write by Pavlos Kontos. This book was released on 2013-03. Aristotle's Moral Realism Reconsidered available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book elaborates a moral realism of phenomenological inspiration by introducing the idea that moral experience, primordially, constitutes a perceptual grasp of actions and of their solid traces in the world. The main thesis is that, before any reference to values or to criteria about good and evil—that is, before any reference to specific ethical outlooks—one should explain the very materiality of what necessarily constitutes the ‘moral world’. These claims are substantiated by means of a text- centered interpretation of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics in dialogue with contemporary moral realism. The book concludes with a critique of Heidegger’s, Gadamer’s and Arendt’s approaches to Aristotle’s ethics.
Looking at Seventeenth-century Dutch Art
Looking at Seventeenth-century Dutch Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Looking at Seventeenth-century Dutch Art write by Wayne E. Franits. This book was released on 1997. Looking at Seventeenth-century Dutch Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Despite the active tradition of scholarship on Dutch painting of the seventeenth century, scholars continue to grapple with the problem of how the strikingly realistic characteristics of art from this period can be reconciled with its possible meanings. With the advent of new methodologies, these debates have gained momentum in the past decade. Looking at Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art, which includes classic essays as well as contributions especially written for this volume, provides a timely survey of the principal interpretative methods and debates, from their origins in the 1960s to current manifestations, while suggesting potential avenues of inquiry for the future. The book offers fascinating insights into the meaning of Dutch art in its original cultural context as well as into the world of scholarship that it has inspired.
International Relations and Scientific Progress
International Relations and Scientific Progress - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook International Relations and Scientific Progress write by Patrick James. This book was released on 2002. International Relations and Scientific Progress available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. International Relations and Scientific Progress contends that a theory focusing on the structure of the international system explains a wider and more interesting range of events in world politics than other theories. Such theorizing appears to be out of favor as the result of the apparent failure by structural realism, the most prominent system-level theory over the last two decades, on any number of fronts--most notably an inability to anticipate the ending of the Cold War and its aftermath. This new book is put forward as the most comprehensive and innovative theoretical work on paradigms in international relations since the publication of Theory of International Politics, which created structural realism, more than two decades ago. With appropriate revisions, however, structural realist theory can compete effectively and reclaim its primacy. The first part of International Relations and Scientific Progress assesses the meaning of progress in the discipline of international relations, a process that culminates in the creation of a new concept, the scientific research enterprise. The second part reviews structural realism within that context and identifies a lack of connection between theory and research that links power-based indicators to international conflict, crisis, and war. This part of the book makes the case for an elaboration of structural realism by showing that a system-level theory based on structure has great unrealized explanatory potential. By comparison, the current overwhelmingly research oriented agenda on state dyads imposes severe limitations on understanding that are not currently appreciated. Part Three sums up the work and explores new directions, most notablyas related to empirical testing of an elaborated version of structural realism that focuses on both continuity and change in the international system.
