St Century Realism
The Past Is in Our Present
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12692715 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brent J Steele (0000-0003-3679-6824, University of Kansas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 352-357 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-2486 • E-ISSN: 1521-9488 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2009.00852.x |
| OpenAlex | W2024618123 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
“The past is never dead. It's not even the past”–Requiem for a Nun, by William Faulkner, 1951, act I, scene iii. A couple of years ago I wrote about what I termed “reflexive realism,” which I defined as “the attempt to restore classical realist principles of agency, prudence and the recognition of limitations as part of an attempt to provide a practical-ethical view of international politics” (Steele 2007: 273). At the time, however, I was not sure whether this recent trend in IR scholarship was more intellectual history or theory on its own accord. After reading these three impressive books, I would argue that whatever we term them, the recent vibrant re-engagements with realist theory are both, and exist in the space between intellectual history and theory. When one reads these accounts, we are re-reading the historical contexts in which various realist thinkers produced their work, but we recognize how their conditions speak to an unsettled present context, and thus also realize the leverage their wise lessons have upon our contemporary circumstances
Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Prudence · Reading (process · Realism · Reflexivity · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Global Security and Public Health · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |