Unlock the essence of realism with key concepts of Morgenthau. Dive into the strategic wisdom of political thinkers like Morgenthau and Herz, unravelling the dynamics of state power, morality, and the pursuit of security in the captivating realm of international relations.
Week 8 Morgenthau and Herz on
Realism, Conflict and Power
Politics
Main Points:
How realist thought accounts for the recurrence of armed conflict in IR
How Hans Morgenthau and John Herz engaged with those issues in some of their most
influential post-WWII texts.
Readings:
Morgenthau, H.J. (1948) Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace,
4th edn (New York: Alfred A. Knopf), pp. 3-14, 20-22, 25-33. [other editions: TColl/
Shelves JX1395.MOR]
Herz, John (1950) 'Idealist Internationalism and the Security Dilemma', World Politics,
vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 157-180.
Classical Realism
Liberalism :
Liberalism understands war ‘negatively’ - war as the product of an ontological
absence, as the product of something that does not yet exist in sufficient amount.
Angell - war reflects a lack of understanding/education that will eventually be
eliminated through a process of moral learning
War happens because people have not thought hard enough, there are not enough
republican states, there is not enough economic interdependence, there is not enough
international law, and there are not enough democratic/liberal states.
Morgenthau - key realist for the discipline of IR
Born in 1904 into a Jewish family in Germany
First career as a lawyer in Germany, but emigrated to the US in 1937 as a result of the
rise of Nazism in Germany.
Week 8 Morgenthau and Herz on Realism, Conflict and Power Politics 1
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