Molloy, Sean P (2013) ‘Cautious politics’: Morgenthau and Hume’s critiques of the balance of power. International Politics, 50 (6). pp. 768-783. ISSN 1384-5748. (doi:10.1057/ip.2013.37) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:72063)
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Abstract
This article explores the important parallels between the critiques of the balance of power offered by David Hume and Hans J. Morgenthau. The article presents the authors as both proponents and critics of the balance of power, depending on cir- cumstance. For Hume, the balance of power is useful as a means of preventing universal monarchy, but is also liable to be used inappropriately as a justification for vindictive politics. Morgenthau, more influenced by Hume than is commonly recognised in Inter- national Relations theory, also subjects the balance of power to a thorough-going critique.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1057/ip.2013.37 |
Projects: | The Indispensable Theory? The Theory and Practice of Realism from the Scottish Enlightenment to the Present |
Subjects: |
J Political Science J Political Science > JZ International relations |
Institutional Unit: | Schools > School of Economics and Politics and International Relations > Politics and International Relations |
Former Institutional Unit: |
School of Politics and International Relations Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations
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Funders: | Royal Society of Edinburgh (https://ror.org/03kx2pj14) |
Depositing User: | Sean Molloy |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2019 16:25 UTC |
Last Modified: | 20 May 2025 12:52 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/72063 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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