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In this book, Robert Hariman demonstrates how matters of style--of diction, manners, sensibility, decor, and charisma--influence politics. In critical studies of classic texts, Hariman identifies four dominant political styles. The realist style, as found in Machiavelli's The Prince, creates a world of sheer power, constant calculation, and emotional control; this style is the common sense of modern political science. The courtly style, depicted in Kapuscinski's The Emperor, is characterized by high decorousness, hierarchies, and fixation on the body of the sovereign; this style infuses mass m.

The communal dilemma as a cultural resource in Hungarian political expression /David Boromisza-Habashi --Chronotypes of the political : public discourse, news media, and mass action in postconflict Macedonia /Andrew Graan --The in-between states : enduring catastrophes as sources of democracy's deadlocks in Kosovo /Naser Miftari --Occupy Wall Street as rhetorical citizenship : the ongoing relevance of pragmatism for deliberative democracy /Robert Danisch --Contemporary social movements and the emergent nomadic political logic /Peter N. Funke and Todd Wolfson --"Project heat" and sensory politics in redeveloping Chicago public housing /Catherine Fennell --Reading between the digital lines : the political rhetoric of ethical consumption /Eleftheria J. Lekakis --The uncertainty of power and the certainty of irony : encountering the state in Kara, Southern Ethiopia /Felix Girke --Grassroots rhetorics in times of scarcity : debating the 2004 locus plague in northwestern Senegal and the world /Christian Meyer -- Too too much much : presence and catastrophe in contemporary art /Monica Westin --Conclusion : What next? Modernity, revolution, and the "turn" to catastrophe /Ralph Cintron.

Beer and Hariman provide a coherent set of essays that trace and challenge the tradition of realism which has dominated the thinking of academics and practitioners alike. These timely essays set out a systematic investigation of the major realist writers of the Post- War era, the foundational concepts of international politics, and representative case studies of political discourse

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- I. Refiguring Realism -- Realism and Rhetoric in International Relations -- II. Rereading Realist Writers -- Henry Kissinger: Realism's Rational Actor -- Realism Masking Fear: George F. Kennan's Political Rhetoric -- Reinhold Niebuhr and the Rhetoric of Christian Realism -- E. H. Carr: Ambivalent Realist -- Martin Wight: International Relations as Realm of Persuasion -- Hans J. Morgenthau In Defense of the National Interest:On Rhetoric, Realism, and the Public Sphere -- III. Rewriting Realist Concepts -- Rethinking Sovereignty -- The Meaning of Security -- Metaphors of Prestige and Reputation in American Foreign Policy and American Realism -- Nationalism and Realist Discourses of International Relations -- The Gender of Rhetoric, Reason, and Realism -- A Reinterpretation of Realism: Genealogy, Semiology, Dromology -- IV. Rewriting Foreign Policy -- Rhetorics of Place Characteristics in High-Level U. S. Foreign Policy Making -- The Logic of Différance in International Relations: U. S. Colonization of the Philippines -- Indigenous Peoples, Marginal Sites, and the Changing Context of World Politics -- Realistic Rhetoric but not Realism: A Senatorial Conversation on Cambodia -- V. Post-Realism -- Strategic Intelligence and Discursive Realities / Francis A. Beer and Robert Hariman -- List of Contributors -- Index.

D'après les réalistes, les événements du 11 septembre et leurs conséquences renforcent le réalisme comme théorie dominante des relations internattionales, en soulignant les dangers permanents de la société internationale anarchique et en montrant que les États souverains doivent continuer à recourir à la force militaire pour assurer leurs intérêts et leur sécurité. Si le post-réalisme reconnaît la pertinence de la vision réaliste, il n'en suggère pas moins que l'action politique est plus complexe et plus dynamique, en soulignant l'importance de dimensions, interprétations et significations à la fois réalistes et non réalistes pour une compréhension critique des relations internationales. C'est dans cette perspective qu'est analysé l'impérialisme américain, abordé comme formation culturelle à travers une analyse discursive. D'après le post-réalisme, le fait de regarder le monde à travers un ensemble pluriel de grilles de lectures est susceptible de produire des stratégies politiques plus prudentes.

The events of 9/11 & afterwards appear to reinforce realism as the dominant theory of international relations. 9/11 demonstrated the continuing dangers of anarchic international society, realists believe, & showed that sovereign states must continue to guard their own interests, using military force as an essential means to maintain security. Post-realists agree that realism's cognitive simplicity fits the perceived crisis of 9/11. At the same time, post-realism suggests that political action is more complex & dynamic than realism believes. The attack from Al Qaeda did not come from another state, & the military responses in Afghanistan & Iraq did not demonstrably weaken it. Post-realism emphasizes the importance of multiple perspectives, interpretations, & meanings -- realist & non-realist -- for developing a critical understanding of international relations. As one example, this paper includes an account of US imperialism, identifiable through discursive analysis as a distinctive cultural formation. Though the single, simple viewpoint of realism may seem compelling, post-realism suggests that seeing the world through multiple frames is likely to produce more prudent strategies in world politics. Adapted from the source document.