ABSTRACT

The author argues for a revised conception of international relations that acknowledges the irreconcilability of realist and idealist theories, and concerns itself instead with important substantive issues.

chapter |24 pages

Introduction

Idealism and realism in International Relations

chapter |38 pages

The roots of diversity in political and social theory

Competing visions of progress

chapter |25 pages

From idealism to realism

The myth of progress in International Relations theory

chapter |30 pages

Idealism, realism and national differences

The American case

chapter |20 pages

Idealism, realism and national differences

The British case

chapter |38 pages

A discipline pas de comme les autres?

International Relations and the “real” problem of theoretical pluralism