A realistic conception of politics: conflict, order and political realism

Burelli, Carlo

doi:10.1080/13698230.2019.1604045

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“…2–3). A number of secondary claims follow from this generic commitment: the centrality of essential facts about political life in normative theorizing such as power relations, the primacy of legitimacy over justice as the fundamental political value, sensitivity to historical and cultural context instead of attempting to develop abstract moral principles, and the heavy emphasis on the conflictual nature of politics that deems consensus‐centric accounts of political normativity implausible (Burelli, 2021; Prinz, 2015; Rossi, 2012). These secondary claims rest on the idea that politics is a power‐centric, historically situated, and conflict‐ridden human enterprise, which should shape the way we do political theory (Sleat, 2016a).…”

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Global political legitimacy and the structural power of capital

Aytaç

2022

Journal of Social Philosophy

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Global political legitimacy and the structural power of capital

Aytaç

2022

Journal of Social Philosophy

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“…On the one hand, violent social orders employ forceful or coercive behaviours and symbols to guide the conduct of groups, promote human cooperation and prevent anarchy (Henslin 2001;Parguez 2016;Rodríguez-Alcázar 2017). Although social institutions with dispersed coercion (Raekstad 2018) such as international organisations could maintain order without monopoly of force, 'only the coercive apparatus of the state (military and police) are able to provide order to large and conflicting social groups' (Burelli 2021). The military comprising the Army, Navy and Air Force establishes violent social orders (Braun 2009) in order to protect the state in times of war, rebellion and terrorism.…”

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Strange Bedfellows: Relations between International Nongovernmental Organisations and Military Actors in Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism in Northeast Nigeria

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Okafor

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Previous studies have examined the impact of the relationship between international nongovernmental organisations and the military on peacekeeping operations and humanitarian programming. However, how relations between international nongovernmental organisations and military actors affect preventing/countering of violent extremism has not been central to existing debates. By using the qualitative-dominant mixed methods approach, this paper investigates relations between these actors in Northeast Nigeria and argues that the dynamic interactions between international nongovernmental organisations and the military largely breed mistrust and conflict between them. This undermines the capacity of international nongovernmental organisations to prevent/counter violent extremism. The paper concludes that mutual respect for the operational procedures of the military and international nongovernmental organisations in the Northeast is relevant for an enhanced relationship between them and sustainable preventing/countering violent extremism programming in Nigeria and beyond.

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“…Moralism is also unsatisfactory on a substantive level, because of its sharp focus on moral ideals like justice, fairness, freedom and equality. This sometimes leads to prescriptions that miss their target in relevant real-world cases, taking for granted essential political goods like peace (Gray, 2002;Wendt, 2013), legitimacy (Rossi, 2012;Sleat, 2014a), and order (Williams, 2005;Burelli, 2019).…”

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Political normativity and the functional autonomy of politics

Burelli

2020

European Journal of Political Theory

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This article argues for a new interpretation of the realist claim that politics is autonomous from morality and involves specific political values. First, this article defends an original normative source: functional normativity. Second, it advocates a substantive functional standard: political institutions ought to be assessed by their capacity to select and implement collective decisions. Drawing from the ‘etiological account’ in philosophy of biology, I will argue that functions yield normative standards, which are independent from morality. For example, a ‘good heart’ is one that pumps blood well, and a good army is one that it is effective at exerting military force. I then interpret realism’s naturalistic conception of politics as an etiological function of social groups: namely making binding collective decisions under persistent disagreement. I conclude that political institutions should be evaluated realistically by how well they perform this task. Finally, I assess trade-offs between this functional political normativity and other moral values. I conclude that justice, fairness, freedom and equality remain obviously important concerns, but only once the basic political function is secured.

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A realistic conception of politics: conflict, order and political realism

Cited by 19 publications

References 56 publications

Global political legitimacy and the structural power of capital

Global political legitimacy and the structural power of capital

Strange Bedfellows: Relations between International Nongovernmental Organisations and Military Actors in Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism in Northeast Nigeria

Political normativity and the functional autonomy of politics

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