Idealism and realism in international relations: beyond the discipline

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 8
1 Introduction......Page 12
The plan of the book......Page 30
2 The roots of diversity in political and social theory......Page 36
Life in the ghetto......Page 41
Conjuring up the dead: International Relations and political philosophy......Page 44
Conjuring up the living: International Relations and social theory......Page 49
The deceptive autonomy of International Relations......Page 53
THE AMBIGUITY OF POLITICAL THEORY......Page 57
THE HUBRIS OF MODERNITY?......Page 67
Transcending the myth of “scientific” progress......Page 70
3 From idealism to realism......Page 74
Progress in international politics and theory......Page 78
The optimistic inheritance of liberalism......Page 80
The skeptical inheritance of realism......Page 83
Parochialism: an occupational hazard?......Page 89
From the general to the specific......Page 90
From speculation to “science”......Page 93
4 Idealism, realism andnational differences......Page 100
The unspoken prefix: International Relationsas an (American) social science......Page 103
After Realism? American International Relations and neoliberalism......Page 107
Related concepts: complex interdependence......Page 111
Related concepts: international regimes......Page 115
Hegemonic stability theory......Page 124
Rules among great powers, or great power rulers?......Page 125
Neoliberalism and the idealist-realist divide......Page 128
5 Idealism, realism and national differences......Page 130
British International Relations and the American social science: distinct, but different?ttt......Page 134
“A British social science: International Relations”......Page 138
Idealism and realism in International Relations:an Atlantic divide?......Page 146
6  A discipline pas de comme lesautres?......Page 150
The third debate and the problem of taxonomy......Page 156
Say it again in English: International Relationsmeets Critical Theory......Page 161
“Speaking the language of discipline: dissidence in International Relations”......Page 165
The conspiracy myth......Page 166
The marginalization myth......Page 169
The myth of “post” modernism?......Page 172
Going down with the ship: critical International Relations and a mutiny gone astray......Page 174
Living with differences......Page 178
Back to the future: rethinking the problem of discipline......Page 180
Notes......Page 190
Bibliography......Page 198
Index......Page 210