Reviving the Rhetoric of Realism: Politics and Responsibility in Grand Strategy

Vibeke Schou Tjalve; Michael C. Williams

doi:10.1080/09636412.2015.1003725

Reviving the Rhetoric of Realism: Politics and Responsibility in Grand Strategy

Vibeke Schou Tjalve, Michael C. Williams

University of Ottawa

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Abstract

Realism has conventionally been cast as the antithesis of rhetoric. In contrast, this article argues that recovering the relationship between realism and rethoric is important not only for challenging disciplinary and methodological orthodoxies that obstruct creative theorizing, but also for its incisive contributiuons to thinking about American foreign policy amidst the profound changes and challenges it confronts today.

Translated title of the contribution	Realismens Retorik: Politik og ansvar i Grand Strategy
Original language	English
Journal	Security Studies
Volume	24
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	37-60
Number of pages	24
ISSN	0963-6412
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09636412.2015.1003725
Publication status	Published - 11 Mar 2015

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