ISBN : 9781032587127
Author : Amartya Mukhopadhyay
Publisher : Routledge
Year : 2024
Language : English
Type : Book
Description : The first section of the book focuses on theories of Early Classical Realism―Thucydides, Machiavelli, and Hobbes, and two Asian exponents―Kautilya and Han Fei Tzu. It covers the rise and fall of different schools of imperial geopolitics including those developed during the Cold-War and postmodern periods. It also discusses theories proposed by three stalwarts of Neoclassical Realism― Niebuhr, Carr, and Morgenthau; the Neorealism of Waltz; Strategic Realism of Schelling; and Offensive Realism of Mearsheimer. The book also examines theoretic formulations of Kaplan, Modelski, Rosecrance, McClelland, Holsti, and Singer,