Political philosophy and the attraction of realism

Kelly, Paul ORCID: 0009-0008-5059-7657 (2015) Political philosophy and the attraction of realism. Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought, 5 (2). pp. 191-203. ISSN 2326-9995

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The progressive abstraction and professionalisation of political philosophy over the last few decades has invited a ‘realist’ backlash. This turn to realism has been promoted and defended by various philosophers for a variety of reasons. This article distinguishes the components of the realist challenge to contemporary normative political theory by contrasting the typology of realist theories developed by Michael Doyle with another set out by Raymond Geuss. The resulting categorisation of ‘realisms’ allows for an indirect critique of a univocal realist challenge to normative political philosophy because many of the claims upon which these ‘realisms’ rely are as abstract and theory-laden as the position they challenge.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rgld20
Additional Information:	© 2015 The Author
Divisions:	Government
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Date Deposited:	09 Oct 2014 14:28
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2025 08:59
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/59680

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