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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255313603321

Autore

Chiaruzzi M

Titolo

Martin Wight on Fortune and Irony in Politics / / by M. Chiaruzzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

9781137528735

1137528737

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought, , 2634-5226

Classificazione

POL000000POL010000POL011000

Disciplina

327.101

Soggetti

Europe - Politics and government

International relations

Political science

World politics

European Politics

International Relations

Political Science

Political History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgments; Textual Note; Introduction Understanding Fortune and Irony; 1 Wight's Intent: Text, Context, and Method; 2 The Wind of Politics: Disputing Determinism; 3 A Polemical Reflex; 4 The Essence of Political Realism: Tragedy or Irony?; 5 Fortune and Irony as Experiential Acquisitions; 6 The Causal and Moral Complexity of Politics; 7 Velle Non Discitur? The Impact of Will in Politics; Epilo gue Resisting Destiny; Fortune's Banter; Appendix 1 Martin Wight; Appendix 2 "Fortune's Banter"; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Martin Wight was one of the most influential twentieth-century British thinkers who investigated on international politics and continues to inspire the English school of international relations. Containing a previously unpublished essay by Wight, this book brings this essay, "Fortune's Banter", to light. The importance of imponderable elements



on human affairs is well understood, at least since the dawn of Western culture. The reversals and incongruities of life are common events. Fortune and irony are categories of practical understanding, but they also describe the most ancient and fundamental experience in politics. It is this experience in which Michele Chiaruzzi examines Martin Wight's seminal philosophy. Martin Wight on Fortune and Irony in Politics provides awareness of imponderable factors in politics that tends to mitigate their role and is an antidote to political dogmatism.