Political Realism, Freud, and Human Nature in International Relations [electronic resource] : The Resurrection of the Realist Man /
Schuett, R.author.
This book provides an important reappraisal of the concept of human nature in contemporary realist international-political theory. Developing a Freudian philosophical anthropology for political realism, he argues for the careful resurrection of the concept of human nature in the wider study of international relations.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Political realism and the strange death of human nature -- Classical realism on human nature and Freud -- The human nature of post-classical realism -- Human nature and the political : criticism and countercriticism -- Human nature, the political, and the virtues of Freudian man -- Resurrecting the realist man, Freud, and human nature.
This book provides an important reappraisal of the concept of human nature in contemporary realist international-political theory. Developing a Freudian philosophical anthropology for political realism, he argues for the careful resurrection of the concept of human nature in the wider study of international relations.
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
Political science.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Political theory.
International relations.
World politics.
Political Science.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Political Theory.
International Relations.
Political History.