The tragic vision of politics
The tragic vision of politics: ethics, interests, and orders Richard Ned Lebow
Publisher: Campridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press, 2003.
ISBN: 0521534852
DDC: 172.4
LCC: UA10.5
Edition: (pbk.)
Summary:
"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, classical 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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