Power Politics And Moral Order

Author : Eric D. Patterson,Robert J. Joustra
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725278844

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Power Politics and Moral Order by Eric D. Patterson,Robert J. Joustra Pdf

Christian realism is undergoing a renaissance in both American Christianity and around the world. Caught between globalist liberalism, on the one hand, and pragmatic realism on the other, Christians are in search of international ethics, a standard and tradition in foreign policy, that takes the two great books of life, the Christian Scriptures and the world we live in, seriously. This book is an extended, edited collection that mines the tradition of Christian realism in international relations and finds in it voices and mentors urgently fresh for a new age. With classic authors like Reinhold Niebuhr, Herbert Butterfield, Paul Ramsey, and Jean Bethke Elshtain, and contemporaries like Marc LiVecche, Rebecca Heinrichs, and others, this collection offers for the first time an organization, periodization, and collection of primary Christian realist sources for the initiate and the expert in foreign relations.

Author : Eric D. Patterson,Robert J. Joustra
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725278868

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Power Politics and Moral Order by Eric D. Patterson,Robert J. Joustra Pdf

Christian realism is undergoing a renaissance in both American Christianity and around the world. Caught between globalist liberalism, on the one hand, and pragmatic realism on the other, Christians are in search of international ethics, a standard and tradition in foreign policy, that takes the two great books of life, the Christian Scriptures and the world we live in, seriously. This book is an extended, edited collection that mines the tradition of Christian realism in international relations and finds in it voices and mentors urgently fresh for a new age. With classic authors like Reinhold Niebuhr, Herbert Butterfield, Paul Ramsey, and Jean Bethke Elshtain, and contemporaries like Marc LiVecche, Rebecca Heinrichs, and others, this collection offers for the first time an organization, periodization, and collection of primary Christian realist sources for the initiate and the expert in foreign relations.

Author : E. Patterson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230610538

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Christianity and Power Politics Today by E. Patterson Pdf

This volume aims to reconstruct and debate a contemporary Christian realist framework, while also applying such a perspective to the issues of contemporary politics such as the Bush Doctrine, the laws of war, democracy and democratization, U.S. participation in international institutions, and apocalyptic terrorism.

Author : Reinhold Niebuhr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Christianity and politics
ISBN : UVA:X000111717

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Christianity and Power Politics by Reinhold Niebuhr Pdf

Author : Stanley J. Michalak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0842029516

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A Primer in Power Politics by Stanley J. Michalak Pdf

In clear and jargon-free style, A Primer in Power Politics explains the concept of power politics and provides an introduction to the principles of humanistic political realism. This book answers the questions: When and why do states resort to the use of force, and what are the uses and limits of force in conflicts among nations? What can we realistically expect from the United Nations, the World Court, arbitration panels, and other peaceful settlement techniques? What role do morality, ethics, and world public opinion play in the international interactions of nations? The first contemporary work in international politics to address power politics, this text is ideal for courses in international relations, U.S. foreign policy, comparative foreign politics, international conflict, and national security.

Author : Alastair J. H. Murray,Anne Murray
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Balance of power
ISBN : 1853311960

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Reconstructing Realism by Alastair J. H. Murray,Anne Murray Pdf

This exciting new book offers a fundamental reappraisal of political realism - one of the dominant schools of international relations theory - and of the place of morality within it. Conventional opinion has always held that realism is an amoral or even immoral approach to international politics. Recent revisionist readings have sought to move beyond this simplistic view, taking account of the concern with morality evidenced in realist work. However, unable to reconcile this theme with the realist concern for power politics, they have tended to treat it as either incoherent or inconsequential. Alastair Murray argues that the entire debate about the theory has been misframed and that by using the insights to be gained from the study of historical texts, the different strands of realist thought can be related to one another, and understood to represent equally essential parts of the theory. In a challenging and detailed analysis, Murray reconstructs the theory of realism as a coherent and unified tradition of political ethics, highlighting its cosmopolitan moral discourse and demonstrating how, once reconstructed as a coherent tradition of thought, realism can contribute to contemporary debates in normative international theory.

Author : Valerie Morkevičius
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108415897

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Realist Ethics by Valerie Morkevičius Pdf

Appealing to just war thinkers, international relations scholars, policymakers, and the public, this book claims that the historical Christian, Islamic, and Hindu just war traditions reflect political concerns with domestic and international order. This underlying realism serves to counterbalance the overly optimistic approach of contemporary liberal just war approaches.

Author : Jason Hickel,Naomi Haynes
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785339981

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Hierarchy and Value by Jason Hickel,Naomi Haynes Pdf

Globalization promised to bring about a golden age of liberal individualism, breaking down hierarchies of kinship, caste, and gender around the world and freeing people to express their true, authentic agency. But in some places globalization has spurred the emergence of new forms of hierarchy—or the reemergence of old forms—as people try to reconstitute an imagined past of stable moral order. This is evident from the Islamic revival in the Middle East to visions of the 1950s family among conservatives in the United States. Why does this happen and how do we make sense of this phenomenon? Why do some communities see hierarchy as desireable? In this book, leading anthropologists draw on insightful ethnographic case studies from around the world to address these trends. Together, they develop a theory of hierarchy that treats it both as a relational form and a framework for organizing ideas about the social good.

Author : Peter S. Henne
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501770517

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Religious Appeals in Power Politics by Peter S. Henne Pdf

Religious Appeals in Power Politics examines how states use, or attempt to use, confessional appeals to religious belief and conscience to advance political strategies and objectives. Through case studies of the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Russia, Peter S. Henne demonstrates that religion, although not as high profile or well-funded a tool as economic sanctions or threats of military force, remains a potent weapon in international relations. Public policy analysis often minimizes the role of religion, favoring military or economic matters as the "important" arenas of policy debate. As Henne shows, however, at transformative moments in political history, states turn to faith-based appeals to integrate or fragment international coalitions. Henne highlights Saudi Arabia's 1960s rivalry with Egypt, the United States's post-9/11 leadership in the global war on terrorism, and the Russian Federation's contemporary expansionism both to reveal the presence and power of calls for religious unity and to emphasize the uncertainty and anxiety such appeals can create. Religious Appeals in Power Politics offers a bold corrective to those who consider religion as tangential to military or economic might.

Author : H. Dyer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1997-06-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230376625

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Moral Order/World Order by H. Dyer Pdf

Moral Order/World Order argues for the centrality of normative theory in the study of international relations. Two themes develop, each reflecting opposing pairs: fact/value, is/ought, description/prescription, feasibility/desirability. The first theme concerns the epistemological framework provided by a normative account. The second theme concerns the political conditions of knowledge which determine the role of different theories, indicating the need for adaptation of traditional normative scholarship, overcoming the separation of ethics from politics which has so far limited its role.

Author : Michael Ignatieff
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674981690

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The Ordinary Virtues by Michael Ignatieff Pdf

During a 3-year, 8-nation journey, Michael Ignatieff found that while human rights is the language of states and liberal elites, the moral language that resonates with most people is that of everyday virtues: tolerance, forgiveness, trust, and resilience. These ordinary virtues are the moral system of global cities and obscure shantytowns alike.

Author : Alexandra Kent,David Porter Chandler
Publisher : NIAS Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9788776940379

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People of Virtue by Alexandra Kent,David Porter Chandler Pdf

Much attention has been given to the killing fields' of Cambodia, Far less to how the country can recover and heal itself after such an experience. Crucial to this process has been the formation of a new moral order in Cambodia and hence the revival of religion in the country. Certainly the regeneration of the ritual life of a community may offer ways for people to formulate and relate to their collective stories through symbolism that recalls a shared cultural origin. However, this process requires that the representatives of religion and of morality do have credibility and moral authority, something that may be called into question by their past and present involvement in hegemonic political and secular affairs.

Author : Martin Wight
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0826461743

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Power Politics by Martin Wight Pdf

This account of state-systems, which derives not from theoretical models but from the study of state-systems that have actually existed, emphasizes their moral or normative bases. It argues that a system of states presupposes a common culture. The essays deal with the concept of systems of states: the state-systems of Hellas; Hellas and Persia; the geographical and chronological boundaries of the modern states-system; international legitimacy; and triangles and duels. An introductory chapter by Hedley Bull draws the essays together and provides an account of Martin Wright's life and thought.

Author : Angelo Silvestri
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781443871723

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Power, Politics and Episcopal Authority by Angelo Silvestri Pdf

It is impossible to completely understand the history of the medieval church without understanding how bishops' control was exercised in the diocese, and in the city. This book assesses the differences, shifts and changes in the power of the bishop in the cities and the dioceses of Lincoln and Cremona from the middle of the 11th century to the mid-14th century. Lincoln, with the biggest medieval diocese in England and with its unique series of bishops such as Hugh of Wells, Hugh of Avalon, Ro...

Author : Kenneth W. Thompson
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1999-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0807125008

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Ethics, Functionalism, and Power in International Politics by Kenneth W. Thompson Pdf

Recovering from its initial shock and resulting total absorption in the Watergate political scandal, the United States in the mid-1970s began to address itself to the moral implications of its politics, both national and international. The national concern with political values provided the 1976 presidential and congressional elections with perhaps the single most-discussed issue and continues to influence a generally more scrutinizing approach toward national policy. Are we using the best system of values to examine the nation's political problems? Must we forsake idealism for realism? These are two questions that Kenneth W. Thompson systematically discusses in his penetrating examination of the role that values play in America's political relations with the other nations of the world.In an effort to establish a common denominator for solving global problems, Thompson provides three major perspectives for policy: morality (what is right), power (what gains the most), and functionalism (what works the best to solve the problem), and he demonstrates the necessity for all three. As vice-president of the Rockefeller Foundation, Thompson was in charge of international cooperation in agriculture, education, and health in less-developed countries. In this position he gained firsthand knowledge of functionalism, which, he points out, can be practiced within the framework of power and ethics.Thompson says the issue of power -- particularly the United States' power -- in the coming century demands that nations act in a moral and rational manner. He reminds us that although experience is a competent guide, there is also much to be learned from the change that so dramatically confronts society as it moves into a world of interdependence.