A Newer, Truer, and More Moral Realism

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ID12694059
AuthorsRandolph B Persaud (American University, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume5
Issue1
Pages116-118
Publication date2003-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Studies Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-2486 • E-ISSN: 1521-9488
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/1521-9488.501017
OpenAlexW2079524883
LanguageEN
References cited7

William H. Thornton's Fire on the Rim: The Cultural Dynamics of East/West Power Politics is a sustained, eloquent, and combative critique of realism, neorealism, reactionary modernization, and neoliberal globalization. It is also a bold effort to construct a framework of moral realism through the systematic incorporation of culture into international relations theory. Thornton's new moral geopolitics represents a cultural realism of the Left (p. 22), but more than anything else, Fire on the Rim convincingly demonstrates that it is quite possible to theorize about global politics from places other than Europe and North America. Fire on the Rim will no doubt make its mark on the debates about cultural and civilizational conflicts that are bound to increase and deepen as globalization continues. In the first chapter Thornton sets the stage for his in-depth analysis of Asian countries with a general critique of the theories and models used to understand the

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