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Thucydides, Hobbes, and the Interpretation of Realism (Hardcover)
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Thucydides, Hobbes, and the Interpretation of Realism (Hardcover)
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This original study has been consistently cited by scholars of
international relations who explore the roots of realism in
Thucydides's history and the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes.
While acknowledging that neither thinker fits perfectly within the
confines of international relations realism, Laurie Johnson
proposes Hobbes's philosophy is more closely aligned with it than
Thucydides's. Johnson argues that Thucydides presents a way of
analyzing international relations that deviates in significant ways
from standard realist and neorealist views of international
relations, ways which might be particularly helpful to
constructivists. Thucydides, if read carefully and comprehensively,
takes seriously the independent role of national character, the
individual personalities and characters of statesmen, the role of
political rhetoric, and the role of moral concerns in formulating
judgments about political events. From Thucydides's point of view,
as Johnson shows, realism and neorealism can be seen as specific
forms of political rhetoric, even as ideologies, subject to
practical as well as moral evaluation by policy-makers and
analysts. This book should appeal to those interested in Hobbes and
Thucydides, political philosophers in particular.
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