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Johnson, Laurie M.

Thucydides, Hobbes, and the Interpretation of Realism / Laurie M. Johnson. - 1 online resource (276 p.)

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. Human Nature -- CHAPTER TWO. Justice -- CHAPTER THREE. Leadership and Regimes -- Conclusion: Realism and the Thucydidean Alternative -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

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This original book has been consistently cited by scholars of international relations who explore the roots of realism in Thucydides's history and the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. While acknowledging that neither thinker fits perfectly within the confines of international relations realism, Laurie M. Johnson proposes Hobbes's philosophy is more closely aligned with it than Thucydides's.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9781501747816 9781501747823

Standard No.: 10.1515/9781501747823 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Philosophical anthropology--History.
Political realism.
Political science--Philosophy--History.
Philosophy.
Political Science & Political History.
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Realism.

Subjects--Index Terms: Realism, Thucydides, Hobbes, International, Constructivism.

LC Class. No.: B1248

Dewey Class. No.: 320.0922