Politics Recovered: Realist Thought in Theory and Practice

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Politics Recovered

Realist Thought in Theory and Practice

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Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2018

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Politics Recovered brings together prominent scholars to develop the idea of what it might mean to theorize politics “realistically.” By exploring the nature, distinctiveness, and prospects of realist thought, it shows how political theory can provide meaningful and compelling answers to the fundamental questions of political life.

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Matt Sleat is reader in political theory at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of Liberal Realism: A Realist Theory of Liberal Politics (2013).

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John Horton, Keele University:
Politics Recovered is an impressive collection of original essays that constitutes a major contribution to the growing literature on political realism; an important and increasingly influential development in contemporary political theory.

Andrew Sabl, Yale University:
An outstanding collection, brimming with intelligence and insight. Politics Recovered brings scholars of the new realist political thought into dialogue with fellow travelers, outright skeptics, and interestingly dubious allies who salute 'realism' while redefining or subverting what it means. This will be a perfect resource for students and researchers, a better guide to realism (and its discontents) than any single article or monograph.

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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: Politics Recovered-on the Revival of Realism in Contemporary Political Theory
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Matt Sleat

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1. The Truth in Political Realism
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Charles Larmore

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2. Realism and Surrealism in Political Philosophy
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Glen Newey

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3. Realism in Ethics and Politics: Bernard Williams, Political Theory, and the Critique of Morality
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David Owen

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4. Anger, Humiliation, and Political Theory: Bringing the Darker Passions Back In
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William A. Galston

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5. Legitimacy and Domination
114
Paul Sagar

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6. Disenchantment Versus Reconstruction: Walter Lippmann, John Dewey, and Varieties of Democratic Realism
140
John Medearis

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7. The Paradox of the Democratic Prince: Machiavelli and the Neo-Machiavellians on Ideal Theory, Realism, and Democratic Leadership
166
Richard Bellamy

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8. Politics and the “Pure of Heart”: Realism and Corruption
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Mark Philp

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9. Democracy’s Limit: A Realist Response to the Quest for Transparency
218
Rahul Sagar

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10. The Case for Kinship: Classical Realism and Political Realism
243
Alison McQueen

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11. Getting Past Schmitt? Realism and the Autonomy of Politics
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William E. Scheuerman

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12. Security and Poverty: On Realism and Global Justice
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Duncan Bell

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13. Feminism and Realism
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Elizabeth Frazer

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14. Political Realism: A Reality Check
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Michael Freeden

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List of Contributors
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Index
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May 22, 2018

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9780231547550

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https://doi.org/10.7312/slea17528

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Politics Recovered

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Reviews

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Politics Recovered-on the Revival of Realism in Contemporary Political Theory

1. The Truth in Political Realism

2. Realism and Surrealism in Political Philosophy

3. Realism in Ethics and Politics: Bernard Williams, Political Theory, and the Critique of Morality

4. Anger, Humiliation, and Political Theory: Bringing the Darker Passions Back In

5. Legitimacy and Domination

6. Disenchantment Versus Reconstruction: Walter Lippmann, John Dewey, and Varieties of Democratic Realism

7. The Paradox of the Democratic Prince: Machiavelli and the Neo-Machiavellians on Ideal Theory, Realism, and Democratic Leadership

8. Politics and the “Pure of Heart”: Realism and Corruption

9. Democracy’s Limit: A Realist Response to the Quest for Transparency

10. The Case for Kinship: Classical Realism and Political Realism

11. Getting Past Schmitt? Realism and the Autonomy of Politics

12. Security and Poverty: On Realism and Global Justice

13. Feminism and Realism

14. Political Realism: A Reality Check

List of Contributors

Index

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