political realism mikayla reed, lucas santos, & emma guinane period 6 gifted
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POLITICAL REALISM
Mikayla Reed, Lucas Santos, & Emma GuinanePeriod 6Gifted
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
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
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
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/>.