Tragic Vision of Politics Ethics, Interests and Orders

Name: Tragic Vision of Politics Ethics, Interests and Orders
Price: 134.69 USD
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ISBN: 9780521827539

ISBN-10: 0521827531

ISBN-13: 9780521827539

Edition: 2003

Authors: Richard Ned Lebow

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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…

Book details

List price: $139.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/30/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 424
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.738




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