What Moves Man : The Realist Theory of International Relations and Its Judgment of Human Nature

by Freyberg-Inan, Annette

• ISBN13: 9780791458273
• ISBN10: 079145827X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

A volume in the SUNY series in Global Politics James N. Rosenau, editor

Table of Contents

1. Introduction	1	(18)
Exploring the Realist Image of Man	1	(4)
Main Arguments	5	(3)
Approach and Layout of This Book	8	(6)
Why is This Study Important?	14	(5)
Part I What Moves Man? An Analysis of the Realist Psychology
2. The Roots of Realism	19	(18)
Introduction	19	(4)
The Roots of Realism in the History of Thucydides	23	(6)
Alternatives to Realism in the History of Thucydides	29	(5)
Summary and Conclusions	34	(3)
3. Realism Goes Modern	37	(26)
Introduction	37	(3)
Niccolo Machiavelli	40	(6)
Thomas Hobbes	46	(12)
Summary and Conclusions	58	(5)
4. Realism Today	63	(28)
Introduction	63	(4)
"Classical" Realism in the Twentieth Century	67	(6)
Neorealism and Beyond	73	(5)
Rational Choice and Game Theory	78	(8)
Summary and Conclusions	86	(5)
5. Realist Man through the Ages: A Synopsis	91	(18)
The Realist Image of Man	91	(5)
The Role of Motivational Assumptions in Realist Theory	96	(4)
The Effects of the Realist Use of Motivational Assumptions	100	(9)
Part II Sunglasses at Night: A Critique of the Realist Psychology
6. What Is Wrong with the Realist Psychology?	109	(10)
The Incompleteness of Realist Motivational Assumptions	109	(3)
The Bias of Realist Motivational Assumptions	112	(2)
Realist Defenses	114	(5)
7. The Effects of the Realist Bias	119	(24)
How Biased Assumptions Produce Biased Interpretations	119	(1)
How Biased Interpretations Affect Realist Scholarship	120	(5)
How Theoretical Biases Affect Reality	125	(8)
How the Realist Bias Affects International Politics	133	(10)
8. A Self Fulfilling Prophesy?	143	(12)
The Problem of the Self Fulfilling Prophesy	143	(1)
The Prophetic Status of the Realist Paradigm	144	(8)
Concluding Observations	152	(3)
9. Conclusion: Great Debates and Small Suggestions	155	(20)
Realism-Where Do We Go from Here?	155	(7)
Complementary Motivational Assumptions in International Relations Theory	162	(6)
Transcending the Third Debate	168	(7)
Appendix: Biographical Notes on Authors of Classical Realism	175	(2)
Notes	177	(54)
Bibliography	231	(26)
Index	257