Politics Recovered

Matt Sleat is reader in political theory at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of Liberal Realism: A Realist Theory of Liberal Politics (2013).

Politics Recovered brings together prominent scholars to develop the idea of what it might mean to theorize politics ¿realistically.¿ By exploring the nature, distinctiveness, and prospects of realist thought, it shows how political theory can provide meaningful and compelling answers to the fundamental questions of political life.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Politics Recovered¿on the Revival of Realism in Contemporary Political Theory, by Matt Sleat1. The Truth in Political Realism, by Charles Larmore2. Realism and Surrealism in Political Philosophy, by Glen Newey3. Realism in Ethics and Politics: Bernard Williams, Political Theory, and the Critique of Morality, by David Owen4. Anger, Humiliation, and Political Theory: Bringing the Darker Passions Back In, by William A. Galston5. Legitimacy and Domination, by Paul Sagar6. Disenchantment Versus Reconstruction: Walter Lippmann, John Dewey, and Varieties of Democratic Realism, by John Medearis7. The Paradox of the Democratic Prince: Machiavelli and the Neo-Machiavellians on Ideal Theory, Realism, and Democratic Leadership, by Richard Bellamy8. Politics and the ¿Pure of Heart¿: Realism and Corruption, by Mark Philp9. Democracy¿s Limit: A Realist Response to the Quest for Transparency, by Rahul Sagar10. The Case for Kinship: Classical Realism and Political Realism, by Alison McQueen11. Getting Past Schmitt? Realism and the Autonomy of Politics, by William E. Scheuerman12. Security and Poverty: On Realism and Global Justice, by Duncan Bell13. Feminism and Realism, by Elizabeth Frazer14. Political Realism: A Reality Check, by Michael FreedenList of ContributorsIndex