Post-Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations
ISBN: 9780870138911
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / Michigan State University Press
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Subjects: International relations and culture; Persuasion (Rhetoric); Realism; World politics -- 1989 -- Decision making; Cold War;

The end of the Cold War encourages new perspectives on international relations. Beer and Hariman provide a comprehensive set of essays that challenge and reinterpret the tradition of realism which has dominated the thinking of academics and foreign policy makers. Post-Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations systematically discusses the major realist writers of the Post-War era, the foundational concepts of international politics, and representative case studies of foreign policy discourse.

These essays demonstrate how realism operates rhetorically and point the way toward a richer understanding of world politics.

Francis A. Beer is Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder. His works include Meanings of War and Peace and Post Realism: The Rhetorical Turn in International Relations. Robert Hariman is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University. Hariman has written numerous books and journal articles in several disciplines.

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