Realist strategies of republican peace : Niebuhr, Morgenthau, and the politics of patriotic dissent / Vibeke Schou Tjalve.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tjalve, Vibeke Schou.

Series:

Palgrave Macmillan series on the history of international thought

The Palgrave Macmillan history of international thought series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971.

Republicanism.

History.

Political and social views.

United States--Foreign relations--Philosophy.

United States.

International relations.

Philosophy.

International relations--Philosophy.

Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971--Political and social views.

Niebuhr, Reinhold.

Morgenthau, Hans J. (Hans Joachim), 1904-1980.

Morgenthau, Hans J.

Republicanism--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xv, 174 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

This book' s central claim is that although Niebuhr and Morgenthau were critics of what they referred to as utopian thought, the core of their criticism constituted an attack on the inability of utopianism to produce politically stimulating and democratically mobilizing utopias. In their minds utopianism was rhetorically barren and imaginatively sterile as a political narrative, the inability of which to move and dedicate its citizenry ultimately led to conformity and homogeneity. Arguing that the same sterility is present in current visions of democracy- traditional as well as radical- the book seeks to render Niebuhr and Morgenthau' s attempt at re-opening the democratic imagination relevant for contemporary purposes as well.

Contents:

Prologue: A Note on Jeremiahs and Jeremiads xi

Part I Historical Trajectories

1 Puritan Ambiguities: America as Destiny or Design? 23

2 The Puritan Legacy in Modern America 37

Part II Strategic Developments

3 Reinhold Niebuhr: A Realist Ethics between Responsibility and Humility 63

4 Hans J. Morgenthau: The Realist Polity between Purpose and Dissent 97

Part III Political Implications

5 Beyond Just War: Realism, Republicanism, and the Politics of Patriotic Dissent 137

Epilogue: What the Left Might Learn from the Jeremiadic Tradition 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-170) and index.

ISBN:

0230602177

9780230602175

OCLC:

171150685

Online:

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description