This book provides an important reappraisal of the concept of human nature in contemporary realist international-political theory. Developing a Freudian philoso

This book provides an important reappraisal of the concept of human nature in contemporary realist international-political theory. Developing a Freudian philoso

Is political theory political enough? Or does a tendency toward abstraction, idealization, moralism, and utopianism leave contemporary political theory out of t

Imitating the desire of others is inherent to the struggle for power in international politics. The imitation of desire is a human trait seldom recognized in In