Edyvane, D orcid.org/0000-0003-2169-4171 (2020) Who’s the realest? European Journal of Political Theory, 19 (2). pp. 281-290. ISSN 1474-8851
Abstract
The revival of interest in realism in political theory is comprehensively explored in Politics Recovered, a major new volume of 14 original essays edited by Matt Sleat. Wide-ranging and engaging throughout, the book takes in both supporters and critics of the realist turn and addresses neglected questions of the political application of realism and of the connection between contemporary political realism and the classical IR tradition of realist thought. But I argue that the book also prompts some troubling questions about the ultimate coherence of the realist orientation and about the way in which realists interpret the limits of political theory and of political theorists.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019. This is an author produced version of an article, published in European Journal of Political Theory. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Bernard Williams, methodology, moralism, realism, reality |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Mar 2021 12:48 |
Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2021 05:16 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1474885119864679 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:172617 |