political realism mikayla reed, lucas santos, & emma guinane period 6 gifted
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POLITICAL REALISM
Mikayla Reed, Lucas Santos, & Emma GuinanePeriod 6Gifted
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Meaning
◦War is sometimes necessary for self defense
◦Against pacifism
◦Belief that nations never sacrifice themselves
◦They also believe that it is good to keep peace with other nations, but defend their own nation’s interests before
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Philosophy of Political Realism“A theory of political philosophy that attempts to explain, model, and prescribe political relations.”
◦Has history going back to Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War
◦The history was extended by Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, Spinoza, & Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Carl Von Clausewitz:
A German general & military theorist who stressed the psychological and political aspects of
war and also influenced the
twentieth & twenty-first centuries
Niccolo Machiavelli:
An Italian diplomat who
wrote a handbook about the use of
ruthless, self-serving cunning
which established him as the “Father of Modern Political
Theory”
Henry Kissinger:
The secretary of state who had an appreciation for world order after
his family fled Germany during
the 1930s
Sun Tzu:A Chinese military general, strategist, & philosopher in
Ancient China
Key Figures
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Citations◦Bassford, Christopher, ed. "The Clausewitz Homepage." Clausewitz. Christopher
Bassford, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. <http://www.clausewitz.com>.
◦Pak, Eudie, Leanne French, and Laura Helm, eds. "Machiavelli/ Henry A. Kissinger." Bio. A&E Television Network, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. <http://www.biography.com/>.
◦Parker, Geoffrey, and Robert Cowley, eds. "Sun Tzu." History.com. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing, 1996. Web. 12 Nov. 2014. <http://www.history.com/topics/sun-tzu>.
◦Moseley, Alexander. "Political Realism." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2014. <http://www.iep.utm.edu/polreal/>.