Truth, Power, Theory: Hans Morgenthau's Formulation of Realism

Molloy, Sean

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“…In short, the animus dominandi, the desire to dominate, is the social force that determines political activity. 8 On the international plane, those behavioral patterns translate into policies of the status quo, imperialism, and prestige. The first has as its objective the maintenance of the existing balance of power, whereas the second seeks to acquire more power and the third seeks to show off strength in order to keep or expand power.…”

Section: Interest and Powermentioning

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What Is in the National Interest? Hans Morgenthau's Realist Vision and American Foreign Policy

Pham

2015

American Foreign Policy Interests

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To answer that question this analysis examines the work of the political realist thinker Hans J. Morgenthau who transformed the study of international relations with his analysis of this question. As this analysis turns to Morgenthau, a founder of the National Committee and the chief theorist of the national interest, to define the complexities of the term, Morgenthau read the writings of the founders of America-the Federalists-for an explication of what has become the most important term in the lexicon of international relations. As relayed in this analysis, Morgenthau distilled three precepts underlying the founders' conception of America's interest in foreign affairs and nine rules that govern the art of diplomacy. They are identified and explained here in an analysis that shows, among other things, the durability of Morgenthau's thought.

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Section: Interest and Powermentioning

confidence: 99%

What Is in the National Interest? Hans Morgenthau's Realist Vision and American Foreign Policy

Pham

2015

American Foreign Policy Interests

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“…So in classical realism, pursuit of power is framed as the national interest. The national interest ensures the continuity and consistency in foreign policy (Molloy, 2004).…”

Section: Realism and Interventionmentioning

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2019

Horizon Insights

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“…The latter involves a closing off of (m)any other possibilities that, while not as potentially rapturous in their promised benefits, are still improvements over current injustices and inequalities. Scholars working within the reflexive realist tradition have likened this closure to “ideological posturing.” Such posturing requires scholars to reveal how “it is the lag between political reality and political theorization that accounts for the inaccurate analysis of political society by political theory” (Molloy 2004:8, emphasis added). In other words, the appropriation of already “out of date” markers as if they are eternal verities only disciplines human activity and closes down creative alternatives.…”

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Open Horizons: The Temporal Visions of Reflexive Realism

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Steele

2010

International Studies Review

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This paper excavates another conceptual thread running through much of what has been termed “reflexive realism”—the importance of open temporality. We argue that the ethical and political cores of reflexive realism owe much to a theoretical confrontation with the ultimate reality of open‐ended, indeterminate time. Where the legacy of classical realism embedded significant ambiguities in these tensions, reflexive realism can provide a more developed ethical framework for political action through an engagement, via open time, with research often viewed as outside the purview of political realism. We then uncover an aesthetic understanding of action and theory to show how classical realism’s indeterminate view of time, instead of limiting and even debasing any and all human efforts, can be mobilized as a resource for ethical evaluation and action. The paper’s concluding discussion demonstrates this by examining the contributions that open time can make to the perennial dilemma of humanitarian intervention.

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Truth, Power, Theory: Hans Morgenthau's Formulation of Realism

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