Martin Wight on fortune and irony in politics

Author(s)

• Chiaruzzi, Michele

Bibliographic Information

Martin Wight on fortune and irony in politics

Michele Chiaruzzi

（Palgrave Macmillan series on the history of international thought）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-177) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Martin Wight was one of the most influential twentieth-century British thinkers who investigated on international politics and continues to inspire the English school of international relations. Containing a previously unpublished essay by Wight, this book brings this essay, "Fortune's Banter", to light.

Table of Contents

Introduction Wight's Intent: Text, Context, Method The Wind of Politics. Disputing Determinism A Polemical Reflex The Essence of Political Realism: Tragedy or Irony? Fortune and Irony as Experiential Acquisitions The Causal and Moral Complexity of Politics Velle Non Discitur? The Impact of Will in Politics Resisting Destiny

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Details

• NCID: BB21013442
• ISBN:
  • 9781137528728
• LCCN: 2015030024
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 184 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JZ1305
  • DC23 : 327.101
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Wight, Martin
  • LCSH : International relations -- Philosophy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA64697943