Recollecting a lost dialogue

Structural Realism meets neoclassical realism

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ID4444082
AuthorsKeith Smith (0000-0002-9238-1562, King's College London, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume33
Issue3
Pages494-513
Publication date2019-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0047117819834636
OpenAlexW2923474649
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Since its appellation, much work has sought to consolidate neoclassical realism. Specifically, a number of variations on the neoclassical theme have reconceptualised the third-image and carved out a distinctly European neoclassical variant. This article contributes by recollecting the Structural Realism of Logic of Anarchy. In unpacking Structural Realism's framework and dissecting its engagement with inter alia Kenneth Waltz, this article illustrates the importance of Logic's conceptualisation of the system, particularly in terms of anarchy's logic. This framework can enrich a number of debates within the neoclassical realist community, especially concerning third-image change and the possibility of a neoclassical realism in and of Europe, while also contributing to debates regarding the strategic actor-ness of the European Union. While Logic and its framework might appear dated, the article submits that one of its principal motifs, anarchy, along with realism's normative ethos may remind us of International Relation's (IR's) healthy pluralism

Art history · Epistemology · International relations · International relations theory · Normative · Political science · Realism · Sociology · Waltz · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Theory and Influence

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