Ep 54: Jonathan Kirshner on Realism
School of War
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The Distinction Between Academic Realism and Contemporary Realism
I feel like I learned a great deal from your most recent book. The distinction between what people might call academic realism or sort of neo realism and the kind of realism that seems to be trendy in the academy today is key, you say. And this distinction between classical realism and many forms of contemporary realism including in particular branches of structural realism are a key theme of the book. My goal with the book was essentially we claim realism from a number of different perspectives but also some what I call hyper rationalist perspectives.
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