The Edinburgh Companion to Political Realism

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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. Contributor Biographies Introduction Part I Political Realism and the Political 1 Political Realism and Human Nature 2 Political Realism and the Western Mind 3 Political Realism and Strategic Theory 4 Political Realism and Realpolitik 5 Political Realism and Ideology 6 Political Realism and Civil–Military Relations 7 Political Realism and the English School 8 Political Realism and Global Reform Part II Political Realism and Political Thinking 9 Thucydides 10 KauṬilya 11 Livy 12 Augustine of Hippo 13 Niccolò Machiavelli 14 William Shakespeare 15 Thomas Hobbes 16 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 17 Friedrich Nietzsche 18 Max Weber 19 Walter Lippmann 20 Reinhold Niebuhr 21 E. H. Carr 22 Leo Strauss 23 Herbert Butterfield 24 Hans Kelsen 25 Raymond Aron 26 George F. Kennan 27 Hans J. Morgenthau 28 Hannah Arendt 29 John H. Herz 30 Isaiah Berlin Part III Political Realism and Foreign Policy 31 Political Realism and Threat Perception 32 Political Realism and Russia 33 Political Realism and China 34 Political Realism and Iran 35 Political Realism and Israel 36 Political Realism and India 37 Political Realism and Japan 38 Political Realism and Regionalism 39 Political Realism and Nationalism 40 Political Realism and Religion 41 Political Realism and the Environment 42 Political Realism and the Internet 43 Political Realism and Terrorism 44 Political Realism and the Open Society Index