Realism, narrtive, and happenstance : thucydides´ tale of brasidas
By: HEILKE, Thomas
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ArticlePublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, February 2004American Political Science Review 98, 1, p. 121-138Abstract: Neorealism and some versions of realism seek to furnish nomothetic theories of the International system ate the same time that they also strive to prescribe policy for political leaders. Insofar as practical advice is insuficiently articulated by means of either nomothesis or the structural theoretical framework that (neo)-realist paradigms supply, these two aspirations seem contraditory. This essay is an examination of what contemporary realism and, especially, neorealism require to make practical wisdom available for practitioners. It argues that narrative, wich is exemplified in the so-called classical realism of Thucydides, remains a crucial component of practical realism and neorealism.
Neorealism and some versions of realism seek to furnish nomothetic theories of the International system ate the same time that they also strive to prescribe policy for political leaders. Insofar as practical advice is insuficiently articulated by means of either nomothesis or the structural theoretical framework that (neo)-realist paradigms supply, these two aspirations seem contraditory. This essay is an examination of what contemporary realism and, especially, neorealism require to make practical wisdom available for practitioners. It argues that narrative, wich is exemplified in the so-called classical realism of Thucydides, remains a crucial component of practical realism and neorealism.
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