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The End of Open Society Realism?

Schuett, Robert

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Does the ‘Zeitenwende’ herald the beginning of a new and as yet undefined open society realism? The present essay argues this question requires critical discussion of nature and value of realist political theory, particularly at a time where international society is accelerating to somewhere which is itself as yet unclear. Adding to revisionist research on political realism in International Relations (IR) theory I sketch how a political vision I call open society realism may be developed out of Classical realism, in sharp distinction to academic IR neorealism for methodological and political reasons. To strip foreign policy realism from Continental philosophy, law, and history risks that we become what political liberalism ought to avoid: a closed society with a good conscience retreating from world politics, hiding behind the ‘national’ interest as if strategic great power management is a methodic function of structure rather than the politics of an ethically conscious diplomacy.

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Schuett, R. (2022). The End of Open Society Realism?. Analyse and Kritik, 44(2), 219-242. https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2022-2024

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 31, 2022
Online Publication Date Sep 19, 2022
Publication Date 2022
Deposit Date Nov 9, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Analyse & Kritik
Print ISSN 0171-5860
Electronic ISSN 2365-9858
Publisher De Gruyter
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 44
Issue 2
Pages 219-242
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/auk-2022-2024

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