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Author Guilhot, Nicolas, 1970- author.

Title After the enlightenment : political realism and international relations in the mid-twentieth century / Nicolas Guilhot
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 258 pages)
Contents Introduction -- The realist gambit -- or the end of political science -- American Katechon: Christian realism and the theological foundations of international relations theory -- The making of the realist tradition: Felix Gilbert and the reclaiming of Machiavelli -- The Kuhning of reason: political realism and decision-making after Thomas Kuhn -- Cyborg pantocrator: at the origins of neorealism -- The Americanization of realism: Kenneth Waltz, the security dilemma, and the problem of decision-making
Summary This is the first comprehensive intellectual history of political realism and international relations theory
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Political realism.
International relations -- Philosophy.
Political science -- Philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
International relations -- Philosophy
Political realism
Political science -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781316770559
1316770559
9781316755181
1316755185