Resurrecting a Discipline Enduring Scholarship for Evolving World Politics

by Liska, George

• ISBN13: 9780739100660
• ISBN10: 0739100661
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-15
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Resurrecting a Discipline completes a trilogy in which George Liska, renowned scholar of international relations, encapsulates a lifetime of inquiry into past and present world relations in particular, seeking a theory that combines the two. The author takes as his starting point former Secretary of State Dean Acheson's call for a "usable theory" of international politics, integrating selec tions from his own many books on politics, world history, and international relations with analysis of the present and speculation on the future state of scholarship. Scholars of international relations, world politics, and political history will find this book a valuable addition to their collections. Book jacket.

Author Biography

George Liska retired in 1997 as Distinguished Service Professor of the Johns Hopkins University and Paul H. Nitze Professor of the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Introduction Challenge to the Scribes	1	(14)
Interactions: Balance of Power and alliances	15	(100)
Impulsions: Expansion and Consolidation	115	(94)
Inner Economy: Political Physics and Poetics	209	(30)
Imperatives and Imagination: Theory vs. Theorization	239	(84)
Statecraft for the Future: Diagnosis and Prognosis	323	(32)
Conclusion Compounding Historical with Theoretical Sense	345	(10)
Comprehensive Bibliography of the Author's Works	355	(2)
Index	357	(4)
About the Author	361