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  The Realist Tradition and the Limits of International Relations (Cambridge Studies in International Relations (Hardcover)) (Hardback) By (author) Michael C. Williams, Series edited by Steve Smith, Series edited by Thomas Biersteker, Series edited by Chris Brown, Series edited by Phil Cerny, Series edited by Alex Danchev, Series edited by Joseph M. Grieco, Series edited by John Groome, Series edited by Richard A. Higgott

  

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  Short Description for The Realist Tradition and the Limits of International RelationsAn important reexamination of the Realist tradition and its relevance for contemporary international relations.
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  • Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 31 January 2005
  • Format: Hardback 256 pages
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  • Categories: History Of Ideas | Political Science & Theory | Conservatism & Right-of-centre Democratic Ideologies | International Relations | Social & Political Philosophy
  • ISBN 13: 9780521827522 ISBN 10: 0521827523

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• 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.