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9780521534857

The Tragic Vision of Politics: Ethics, Interests and Orders

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    9780521534857

  • ISBN10:

    0521534852

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-11-10
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
1. Nixon in hell 1(13)
2. Tragedy and politics 14(51)
3. Thucydides and war 65(50)
4. Thucydides and civilization 115(53)
5. Carl von Clausewitz 168(48)
6. Hans J. Morgenthau 216(41)
7. The wisdom of classical realism 257(53)
8. Running red lights and ruling the world 310(50)
9. Tragedy and scholarship 360(33)
Name index 393(6)
Subject index 399

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