The Pole of Power and the Pole of Indifference
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6410345 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arnold Wolfers (Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1951 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-63 |
| Publication date | 1951-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2008900 |
| OpenAlex | W2166400700 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 17 |
In international relations, two opposing schools of thought have fought each other throughout the modern age. Ever since Machiavelli published the Prince, his “realistic” views have shocked “idealist” thinkers. As a battle of the mind, fought by and large outside the political arena, the dispute between the two schools was of great concern to philosophers and moralists; but not until Woodrow Wilson set out to bring Utopia down to earth did it become a political issue of the first magnitude. For the first time, the responsible head of one of the leading powers acted as though the world were on the verge of crossing the thresh-old from sordid “power politics” to a “new era” in which the admonitions of the idealist philosophers would suddenly become the political order of the day
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| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,49 |
| Citation span | 1952 - 2026 (75) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |