This book provides an innovative interpretation of Hans J. Morgenthau's contribution to international relations, and argues that the concepts of meaning, power as meaning imposition, disenchantment and re-enchantment are central to Morgenthau's theory.

Autorentext
MIHAELA NEACSU is a Researcher in the Faculty of Social Science, The Open University, UK. She has worked as a newspaper reporter and television reporter and producer.

Inhalt
Introduction: Context and Assumptions Life Experience and Intellectual Encounters The 'Death of God' and the Crisis of Philosophy The Disenchantment of Politics, and Morgenthau's Leadership Theory Closing the Openness: Morgenthau on Meaning, Tradition, and the Statesman's Mission Conclusion: Hans Morgenthau's Discussion of Meaning, Disenchantment and Leadership