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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457918203321

Autore

Lebow Richard Ned

Titolo

The tragic vision of politics : ethics, interests, and orders / / Richard Ned Lebow [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003

ISBN

1-107-13830-2

1-280-42161-4

9786610421619

0-511-20445-0

0-511-18035-7

0-511-06272-9

0-511-30730-6

0-511-49150-6

0-511-07118-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 405 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

172/.4

Soggetti

National security - Moral and ethical aspects

International relations - Moral and ethical aspects

Realism - Political aspects

United States Foreign relations 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

; 1. Nixon in hell -- ; 2. Tragedy and politics -- ; 3. Thucydides and war -- ; 4. Thucydides and civilization -- ; 5. Carl von Clausewitz -- ; 6. Hans J. Morgenthau -- ; 7. The wisdom of classical realism -- ; 8. Running red lights and ruling the world -- ; 9. Tragedy and scholarship.

Sommario/riassunto

Is it possible to preserve national security through ethical policies? Richard Ned Lebow seeks to show that ethics are actually essential to the national interest. Recapturing the wisdom of classical realism through a close reading of the texts of Thucydides, Clausewitz and Hans Morgenthau, Lebow argues that, unlike many modern realists, classic realists saw close links between domestic and international



politics, and between interests and ethics. Lebow uses this analysis to offer a powerful critique of post-Cold War American foreign policy. He also develops an ontological foundation for ethics and makes the case for an alternate ontology for social science based on Greek tragedy's understanding of life and politics. This is a topical and accessible book, written by a leading scholar in the field.