The Tragic Vision of Politics

Richard Ned Lebow, the Professor of Political Science, Dartmouth College.

出版者:Cambridge University Press

作者:Richard Ned Lebow

页数:424

出版时间:2003-12-8

价格:USD 129.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780521827539

图书标签:国关理论International-Relations电子版政治学国际关系politicshumanisticethics

Is it possible to preserve national security through ethical policies? Richard Ned Lebow seeks to show that ethics are actually essential to the national interest. Recapturing the wisdom of classical realism through a close reading of the texts of Thucydides, Clausewitz and Hans Morgenthau, Lebow argues that, unlike many modern realists, classic realists saw close links between domestic and international politics, and between interests and ethics. Lebow uses this analysis to offer a powerful critique of post-Cold War American foreign policy. He also develops an ontological foundation for ethics and makes the case for an alternate ontology for social science based on Greek tragedy's understanding of life and politics. This is a topical and accessible book, written by a leading scholar in the field.