1st Edition

Truth and Tragedy Tribute to Hans J. Morgenthau

By Kenneth Thompson Copyright 1984
    400 Pages
    by Routledge

    386 Pages
    by Routledge

    Featuring a new fifty-page interview with Hans J. Morgenthau by Bernard Johnson, this volume on the renowed scholar and philosopher demonstrates how pervasive is his mark on the study of international relations and political philosophy. The interview illuminates Morgenthau's intellectual development in Europe between the world wars and in the United States. It is in recognition of his unsurpassed contribution to the field of international relations and political philosophy that this collection of contributions from distinguished scholars has been assembled. The continuation and refinement of his work in this book prove the lasting value of his philosophical truths in the understanding of human nature, the role of power at all levels of society, and his concept of national interest.

    Editors' Preface, Fragment of an Intellectual Autobiography: 1904-1932,INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS, Philosophy and Politics: The Two Commitments of Hans J. Morgenthau, The Mission of Morgenthau, Scientific Man vs. Power Politics Revisited, POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, General Education and the Understanding of Politics: The Case of Hans J. Morgenthau, Morgenthau as Historian, Normative Constraints on Statecraft: Some Comments on Morgenthau's Perspective, Morgenthau: The Idealism of a Realist, Realism and Ethics in Political Philosophy, Morgenthau vs. Machiavelli: Political Realism and Power Politics, Power, Self-interest, and Chicago Politics: A Comparison of the Theory of Politics Among Nations and the Reality of Politics in Chicago, An Approximation of Justice, Narcissism and the Quest for Power, The Problem of Political Power in the United States, In Search of the National Interest, The American Revolution, Modern Constitutionalism, and the Protection of Human Rights, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Fifty Years of International Government: Reflections on the League of Nations and the United Nations, Global Good and Evil: The Moderate Cupidity of Everyman, On the Justiciability of International Disputes, The Statesman and the Critic: Kissinger and Morgenthau, Neutrality and Nonalignment: Foreign Policies of Independence in the Twentieth Century, The New Power Politics of Counterforce, Crisis Management and Prediction, Anticommunism and American Foreign Policy, Morgenthau's Concept of the National Interest and the New States of the Third World, Morgenthau's Influence on the Study of International Relations, Bolivar's Commonwealth of Nations, Postscript to the Transaction Edition: Bernard Johnson’s Interview with Hans J. Morgenthau, Notes on the Contributors

    Biography

    Kenneth Thompson is commonwealth professor of government and foreign affairs, University of Virginia, and author of over twenty books on foreign policy and international relations, including Understanding World Politics and The President and the Public Philosophy. Robert J. Myers is director of the Council on Religion and International Affairs. He was formerly publisher of The New Republic and of The Washingtonian.