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Is political theory political enough? Or does a tendency toward abstraction, idealization, moralism, and utopianism leave contemporary political theory out of touch with real politics as it actually takes place, and hence unable to speak meaningfully to or about our world? Realist political thought, which has enjoyed a significant revival of interest in recent years, seeks to avoid such pitfalls by remaining attentive to the distinctiveness of politics and the ways its realities ought to shape how we think and act in the political realm.

Politics Recovered brings together prominent scholars to develop what it might mean to theorize politics "realistically." Intervening in philosophical debates such as the relationship between politics and morality and the role that facts and emotions should play in the theorization of political values, the volume addresses how a realist approach aids our understanding of pressing issues such as global justice, inequality, poverty, political corruption, the value of democracy, governmental secrecy, and demands for transparency. Contributors open up fruitful dialogues with a variety of other realist approaches, such as feminist theory, democratic theory, and international relations. By exploring the nature and prospects of realist thought, Politics Recovered shows how political theory can affirm reality in order to provide meaningful and compelling answers to the fundamental questions of political life.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Politics Recovered—on the Revival of Realism in Contemporary Political Theory, by Matt Sleat
1. The Truth in Political Realism, by Charles Larmore
2. Realism and Surrealism in Political Philosophy, by Glen Newey
3. Realism in Ethics and Politics: Bernard Williams, Political Theory, and the Critique of Morality, by David Owen
4. Anger, Humiliation, and Political Theory: Bringing the Darker Passions Back In, by William A. Galston
5. Legitimacy and Domination, by Paul Sagar
6. Disenchantment Versus Reconstruction: Walter Lippmann, John Dewey, and Varieties of Democratic Realism, by John Medearis
7. The Paradox of the Democratic Prince: Machiavelli and the Neo-Machiavellians on Ideal Theory, Realism, and Democratic Leadership, by Richard Bellamy
8. Politics and the “Pure of Heart”: Realism and Corruption, by Mark Philp
9. Democracy’s Limit: A Realist Response to the Quest for Transparency, by Rahul Sagar
10. The Case for Kinship: Classical Realism and Political Realism, by Alison McQueen
11. Getting Past Schmitt? Realism and the Autonomy of Politics, by William E. Scheuerman
12. Security and Poverty: On Realism and Global Justice, by Duncan Bell
13. Feminism and Realism, by Elizabeth Frazer
14. Political Realism: A Reality Check, by Michael Freeden
List of Contributors
Index

About the Author :

Matt Sleat is reader in political theory at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of Liberal Realism: A Realist Theory of Liberal Politics (2013).



Review :
An outstanding collection, brimming with intelligence and insight. Politics Recovered brings scholars of the new realist political thought into dialogue with fellow travelers, outright skeptics, and interestingly dubious allies who salute 'realism' while redefining or subverting what it means. This will be a perfect resource for students and researchers, a better guide to realism (and its discontents) than any single article or monograph. Politics Recovered is an impressive collection of original essays that constitutes a major contribution to the growing literature on political realism; an important and increasingly influential development in contemporary political theory. A good primer on basic issues in realism, and also on its diversity. As an introduction to the topic, it is an excellent overview and needed addition to undergraduate or research libraries.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780231175289
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 408
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  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0231175280
  • Publisher Date: 13 Mar 2018
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
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  • Sub Title: Realist Thought in Theory and Practice


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