Tragedy and International Relations

Nowhere are clashes between competing ethical perspectives more prevalent than in the realm of international relations. Thus, understanding tragedy is directly relevant to understanding IR. This volume explores the various ways that tragedy can be used as a lens through which international relations might be brought into clearer focus.

TONI ERSKINE is Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, UK, and Lurie-Murdoch Senior Research Fellow in Global Ethics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
 
RICHARD NED LEBOW is James O. Freedman Presidential Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, USA, and Centennial Professor of International Relations at The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Understanding Tragedy and Understanding International Relations--T.Erskine &--R.N.Lebow
PART I: RECOVERING THE TRAGIC DIMENSION OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Tragedy, Ethics and International Relations--M.Frost
Tragedy, Progress and the International Order--J.Mayall
Tragedy or Skepticism? Defending the Anti-Pelagian Mind in World Politics--N.Rengger
Tragedy, Politics and Political Science--R.N.Lebow
PART II: TRAGEDY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AS POLITICAL THEORY
Tragic Choices and Contemporary International Political Theory--C.Brown
The Tragedy of Tragedy--P.Euben
Tragedy, World Politics, and Ethical Community--R.Beardsworth
Tragic Vision and Vigilant Realism: Progressivism without an Ideal--K.Stullerova
PART III: ON THE NATURE OF TRAGEDY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
A Pessimism of Strength? Tragedy and Political Virtue--B.A.Schupmann
Nietzsche and Questions of Tragedy, Tyranny and International Relations--T.Strong
Tragedies and International Relations--C.Lu
The Drama Viewed from Elsewhere--R.Shilliam
Conclusion: Learning from Tragedy?--T.Erskine &--R.N.Lebow