Publication

2010 - Cambridge University Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

49,500 words, Guess

Page Count

198 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Better World Books9780521769280
  • Better World BooksP8-DES-968
  • Open LibraryOL24452701M

Classifications

  • DDC327.101
  • LCCJZ1307 .J88 2010

Description

"Although widely regarded as the 'founding father' of realism in International Relations, this book argues that Hans J. Morgenthau's legal background has largely been neglected in discussions of his place in the 'canon' of IR theory. Morgenthau was a legal scholar of German-Jewish origins who arrived in the United States in 1938. He went on to become a distinguished professor of Political Science and a prominent public intellectual. Rather than locate Morgenthau's intellectual heritage in the German tradition of Realpolitik, this book demonstrates how many of his central ideas and concepts stem from European and US legal debates of the 1920s and 1930s. This is an ambitious attempt to recast the debate on Morgenthau and will appeal to IR scholars interested in the history of realism as well as international lawyers engaged in debates regarding the relationship between law and politics, and the history of international law"--

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  • Morgenthau, law, and realismCambridge University Press2010-01-01

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