George Liska

In Search of Poetry in the Politics of Power

Perspectives on Expanding Realism

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Produktbeschreibung

In Search of Poetry in the Politics of Power is an intellectual autobiography of George Liska, a distinguished scholar of foreign policy. Integrating personal memoir with a discussion of world politics and international relations, this book includes selections from Liska's most important writings from the past 50 years. Topics discussed include realism and world politics; historicism; historicist realism and statesmanship; and the prospects for scholarship in the next half century. This is a valuable book for scholars of international relations, world politics, and political history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rlpg/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 171mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780739100059
• ISBN-10: 073910005X
• Artikelnr.: 21768300

Autorenporträt

George Liska is Distinguished Service Professor (Emeritus) at Johns Hopkins University and the Paul H. Nitze Professor at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface: Beyond a Portentous Half-Century Chapter 2 Introduction:
Scholar of Foreign Policy between Action and Contemplation-Personal Memoir
of a Romantic Realist Part 3 Realism and the Speculative Approach to World
Politics Part 4 Historicism as the Temporal Dimension of Realism Part 5
Historicist Realism and Its Enemies in Statesmanship and Scholarship
Chapter 6 Conclusion: In Defense of Scholarship for the Next Half-Century
Chapter 7 Bibliography Chapter 8 Index