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Political Realism and Wisdom

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  • © 2015

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  1. András Lánczi
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. What Is Political Realism?

    • András Lánczi
    Pages 1-68

  3. The Moral Foundations of Today’s Democracies: Rationality, Faith, and Realism in Politics

    • András Lánczi
    Pages 69-85

  4. Intellectuals, Cynicism, and Reality

    • András Lánczi
    Pages 87-106

  5. Evil and History

    • András Lánczi
    Pages 107-121

  6. Love of Wisdom—Crisis of Philosophy

    • András Lánczi
    Pages 123-145

  7. Manners and Laws: Could a Global State Be a Republic?

    • András Lánczi
    Pages 147-163

  8. Leo Strauss—A Political Realist

    • András Lánczi
    Pages 165-181

  9. Conclusion, or When Facebook Is Your Only Friend

    • András Lánczi
    Pages 183-187

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 189-211
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This book brings the idea of realism back to the focus of political science. Contrary to current mainstream thought, the author contributes to the recently renewed interest in political realism by suggesting we return to the basics understanding of politics: power and political action.

About the author

András Lánczi is a political philosopher and Director of the Institute of Political Science and Philosophy at Corvinus University, USA, Budapest. Among his books published in Hungarian are On Political Knowledge, Fate-legacy, Tradition and Modernity in Leo Strauss's Political Philosophy, Democracy and Political Science, Political Philosophy of the 20th Century. He is also active in the revival of the Hungarian and European conservative political thought.

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