Hans J. Morgenthau and the national interest

Russell, Greg

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“…In an unpublished paper 'The Significance of Being Alone', Morgenthau characterises man's relationship with God as one of separation. 25 God is distinctly apart from His creation that is part of God's perfection. God does not need a companion in perfection and so the question of whether it is good for Him to be alone does not arise.…”

Section: Reading Grammatically: the Transcendent And The Actualmentioning

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The metaphysics of the national interest and the ‘mysticism’ of the nation-state: reading Hans J. Morgenthau

Pin-Fat¹

2005

Rev. Int. Stud.

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The metaphysics of the national interest and the 'mysticism' of the nation-state: reading Hans J. MorgenthauVéronique Pin-Fat Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S026021050500642XHow to cite this article: Véronique Pin-Fat (2005). The metaphysics of the national interest and the 'mysticism' of the nation-state: reading Hans J.Abstract. The centrality of the national interest to Morgenthau's political realism is well known yet often lamented for its lack of clarity. This article offers a grammatical reading in order to highlight the Platonic and Aristotelian roots of the metaphysical assumptions that inform the national interest in Morgenthau's work and to show that, despite his continuous injunctions against the dangers of utopianism, he fails to escape them himself. Ultimately, his attempts to insulate us against the possibility of totalitarianism leads us back into its violent embrace via a 'mysticism' that defines a role for the nation-state as the embodiment of eternal moral truths and values.

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Section: Reading Grammatically: the Transcendent And The Actualmentioning

confidence: 99%

The metaphysics of the national interest and the ‘mysticism’ of the nation-state: reading Hans J. Morgenthau

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2005

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Morgenthau as a Weberian Methodologist

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Mazur²

2009

European Journal of International Relations

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Hans Morgenthau was a founder of the modern discipline of International Relations, and his Politics among Nations was for decades the dominant textbook in the field. The character of his Realism has frequently been discussed in debates on methodology and the nature of theory in International Relations. Almost all of this discussion has mischaracterized his views. The clues given in his writings, as well as his biography, point directly to Max Weber’s methodological writings. Morgenthau, it is argued, was a sophisticated user of Weber’s views who self-consciously applied them in the sphere of International Relations in such a way that Realism provided an ideal-typical model of the rational and responsible statesman. This interpretation both explains Morgenthau’s views and shows them to be a serious, complex, and compelling response to the issues which have animated the controversies over International Relations theory after Waltz’s presentation of the methodological basis for his neo-Realism.

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Hans J. Morgenthau and the national interest

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The metaphysics of the national interest and the ‘mysticism’ of the nation-state: reading Hans J. Morgenthau

The metaphysics of the national interest and the ‘mysticism’ of the nation-state: reading Hans J. Morgenthau

Decoding Vietnam’s Multilateral Diplomacy

Morgenthau as a Weberian Methodologist

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